Rachel Wammack Bares Her Heart On Uplifting ‘When I Say Amen’
This emotional tune will offer some encouragement and hope in this time.
Rising country singer-songwriter Rachel Wammack isn’t afraid of being vulnerable and honest, as evinced in her timely but necessary new song, “When I Say Amen.”
The ballad, originally penned two years ago by Wammack, Sam Ellis (Ingrid Andress, Thomas Rhett, Danielle Bradbery) and Christian music artist Matt Maher, finds her recalling the moments in life where she utters or proclaims the prayerful word, “amen.”
“I say it broken when the whole world is hurting / I say it hoping, it’s just what I need / I say it believing when my heart is bleeding / That my words break the ceiling when I say amen,” Wammack sings in this stirring tune.
Though not written recently, it wasn’t until exactly two years later, in the middle of the this year’s Nashville tornado in March, that the RCA Records Nashville artist recalled this song.
“I could actually hear [the tornado] ripping through homes half a mile away from me while I sat in my bathroom, terrified, holding my cat and reading my Bible. Then I realized I hadn’t actually taken a second to pray…and with my eyes open, holding Stevie in my arms, looking at the bathroom wall, I prayed,” the Alabama native shared in a statement.
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“I’ve always believed prayer goes far beyond church walls, but sometimes things seem too big or I forget to pray. But when I do, whether in a scary tornado or when things didn’t turn out like I wanted…I’m reminded I’m not alone. I feel more peace in the good and the bad. “
Her hope with releasing “When I Say Amen” in the middle of a global pandemic? To offer “hope and maybe even some comfort to everyone as we walk through this uncomfortable, scary time together.”
