A few hours after the rioting began in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, well-known Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman released a Desperate Benediction .
Chapman had been working on this song for roughly a year, but the singer felt like yesterday during the protests was the right time to release this song, calling for God s peace over the country. Words can’t describe the sadness that I feel as I watch the events currently unfolding in our country. I’m so heavy-hearted at the brokenness and division that we are witnessing and experiencing in our world today, and I am processing in the way most natural to me as a singer-songwriter: with a song, Chapman posted on Facebook along with a video of the song.
Right now, Seewald has more than 188 thousand followers and over 3.2 million likes.
“And it is just growing,” she adds. “Every day I wake up to hundreds of messages from people from around the world who have fallen in love with my story, are here for the recovery, and cannot wait to hear more. With almost 200,000 followers, I have received almost 200,000 messages of support and love and kindness.”
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