I was getting to like it more and more and wondering what the song could be about. It was a classic melody, with that eternal, enduring aspect. But as soon as I heard the first song – which was just him on the piano, playing the melody in the right hand – I thought there was something about it, something quite profound. When it arrived I wasn’t expecting anything much from it. Nothing partic-ularly eventful happened but Keith said he’d send me a CD with some of his song ideas.
He’d said how great Keith was at writing melodies and he probably said some nice things about how I write lyrics, and so we met for a coffee. Keith Getty and I were at a conference together and a mutual friend said we should get together. The song got written in an unexpected way. Stuart Townend spoke to WeAreWorship about the birth of the most enduring hymn of its generation. When fears are stilled, when strivings cease! What heights of love, what depths of peace Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
