Christian Artist Plumb wrote and recorded the song I Need You Now in 2013. In this recording she says she drew on her own experience with anxiety while writing the song.

Need You Now (How Many Times)

Well, everybody’s got a story to tell
And everybody’s got a wound to be healed
I want to believe there’s beauty here
‘Cause oh, I get so tired of holding on
I can’t let go, I can’t move on
I want to believe there’s meaning here

How many times have you heard me cry out
“God please take this”?
How many times have you given me strength to
Just keep breathing?
Oh I need you
God, I need you now.

Standing on a road I didn’t plan
Wondering how I got to where I am
I’m trying to hear that still small voice
I’m trying to hear above the noise

How many times have you heard me cry out
“God please take this”?
How many times have you given me strength to
Just keep breathing?
Oh I need you
God, I need you now.

Though I walk,
Though I walk through the shadows
And I, I am so afraid
Please stay, please stay right beside me
With every single step I take

How many times have you heard me cry out?
And how many times have you given me strength?

How many times have you heard me cry out
“God please take this”?
How many times have you given me strength to
Just keep breathing?
Oh I need you
God, I need you now.

I need you now
Oh I need you
God, I need you now.
I need you now
I need you now

For many of us, anxiety, depression, bi polar, and other disorders are an every day fact of life. For others, circumstances become overwhelming. Those of us who belong to the Lord often echo Plumbs words “God please take this!”  Some times he does. Sometimes he says “My grace is sufficient”, and it is.

See you in church. Remember that person sitting next to you in the pew might be hurting and need some encouragement. Maybe that’s why God sat you next to them.

Connie