Rebecca St James, the Australian born singer who now lives in the US, has written her latest hit about a friend she used to go to school with in Sydney.
Rebecca says that You Are Loved is one of a handful of songs that she’s written to someone.
“This is a song that’s very close to me,” she says.
“It’s written about a childhood friend of mine that I grew up with in Sydney. I fell out of contact with him after leaving our Christian school to move to a different state.
“I ran into a mutual friend years later and asked how our friend, Daniel, was doing. This friend told me that Daniel had really fallen away from God, and that he’d been abusing drugs as well.
“As I was thinking about what I wanted to write about on this album, he randomly came to mind - and I felt that this ‘random’ thought was placed there by God.
“I had the concept… ‘If I had one chance to tell Daniel something, what would I say to him?’
“The message I felt God really laid on my heart was to tell him…’You are loved.’
“So, this is a song for the prodigals, which is all of us.
“God is the father that has His arms open wide waiting for us. He wants us to run towards Him and He will run toward us.
“It’s a song of hope and a message my generation needs to hear - ‘no matter where you’ve been and what you’ve done…you are loved.’
Rebecca St James will be performing at AGMF 06 over Easter and at the Paradise Festival in Adelaide 14 April.
Source: TRAA (The Rock Across Australia)