This week’s featured song story comes to us from Casting Crowns. We’re excited to share with you the story behind their single “Oh My Soul,” a song that was written the very night that Mark Hall found out he had cancer and his kidney was going to have to come out.
“I just sat down on the piano and was looking at the verse where David says, ‘Why so downcast, oh my soul. Put your hope in God.’ So the song is me just having a little argument with myself and giving it to Him.” – Mark Hall (Casting Crowns)
Click on the video interview below to hear Mark Hall share the full story and meaning behind this track, and scroll down to listen and read the full lyrics of the song.
From the album The Very Next Thing.
“Oh My Soul” Lyrics
Oh, my soul
Oh, how you worry
Oh, how you’re weary, from fearing you lost control
This was the one thing, you didn’t see coming
And no one would blame you, though
If you cried in private
If you tried to hide it away, so no one knows
No one will see, if you stop believing
Oh, my soul
You are not alone
There’s a place where fear has to face the God you know
One more day, He will make a way
Let Him show you how, you can lay this down
‘Cause you’re not alone
Here and now
You can be honest
I won’t try to promise that someday it all works out
‘Cause this is the valley
And even now, He is breathing on your dry bones
And there will be dancing
There will be beauty where beauty was ash and stone
This much I know
Oh, my soul
You are not alone
There’s a place where fear has to face the God you know
One more day, He will make a way
Let Him show you how, you can lay this down
I’m not strong enough, I can’t take anymore
(You can lay it down, you can lay it down)
And my shipwrecked faith will never get me to shore
(You can lay it down, you can lay it down)
Can He find me here
Can He keep me from going under
Oh, my soul
You’re not alone
There’s a place where fear has to face the God you know
One more day, He will make a way
Let Him show you how, you can lay this down
‘Cause you’re not alone
Oh, my soul, you’re not alone
God CAN HEAL!
This IS WHERE you lay it down at Gods feet and truly trust in him for healing. He CAN AND WILL heal! It is the greatest test of your faith ever. You can’t give it to him and trust that he will heal…but then take the worry it back. You have to give it to him and worry no more. You have to give it to him and trust that he has already healed you., never wavering in your faith. Only God and great faith can truly heal.
Matthew 9:22
Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And instantly the woman was made well.
I have had the honor of Gods true healing twice in my life by faith. It is NOT EASY! But the only way is real faith. Real trust and faith in God. Giving it to him and trusting completely. It is the greatest test of your real faith in God.
This song brings my soul closer and closer to god it open up so much.
I laid down an addiction that lasted 70 years, listening to oh my soul.
Wow, James Storey thanks for sharing! The Lord delivered me in a similar way. May He bless you and keep you close.
After losing my job months before, I went to the deepest place in my mind, where no one could find me. When Jesus was the only one there to save me, I came through. After hearing my story, my sister texted me this song.
I have yet to hear it without crying.
Thank you for writing this, it’s helped with healing more than you know. ❤️
This has been my song to hold on to while dealing with my beautiful daughter’s addiction to drugs I listen to it a lot
WHO IS THE DANCER?