At long last!!! The big day is here!!! ALBUM RELEASE!! What a blessing it is...so visceral and gutsy honest...please get it, especially those who have been through hard trials...this album is for you! THE SINGLE RELEASES TODAY, September 8!! GET IT AT AMAZON, I-TUNES, WAL-MART MP3... 
[ YouTube song video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9JTwJ_1lzE ] Heaven is the face of a little girl
With dark brown eyes
That disappear when she smiles
Heaven is the place
Where she calls my name
Says, “daddy please come play with me for awhile” God, I know, it’s all of this and so much more
But God, You know, that this is what I’m aching for God,
You know, I just can’t see beyond the door
So right now Heaven is the sound of her breathing deep
Lying on my chest, falling fast asleep while I sing
And Heaven is the weight of her in my arms
Being there to keep her safe from harm while she dreams And God, I know, it’s all of this and so much more
But God, You know, that this is what I’m longing for God,
You know, I just can’t see beyond the door
But in my mind’s eye I can see a place
Where Your glory fills every empty space All the cancer is gone
Every mouth is fed
And there’s no one left in the orphans’ bed
Every lonely heart finds their one true love
And there’s no more goodbye
And no more not enough
And there’s no more enemy (no more) Heaven is a sweet, maple syrup kiss
And a thousand other little things I miss with her gone
Heaven is the place where she takes my hand
And leads me to You
And we both run into Your arms Oh God, I know, it’s so much more than I can dream
It’s far beyond anything I can conceive
So God, You know, I’m trusting You until I see Heaven in the face of my little girl [ YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9JTwJ_1lzE ] *************************************************** Steven Curtis Chapman Song to be released 8/25/2009... Full album: November 3, 2009 YouTube announcement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-VFvjh97fU In memory of Maria... 
YouTube announcement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-VFvjh97fU TRACK LISTING: 1. Heaven Is The Face [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9JTwJ_1lzE]
2. Beauty Will Rise
3. SEE
4. Just Have To Wait
5. Faithful
6. Questions
7. Our God Is In Control
8. February 20th
9. God Is It True (Trust Me)
10. I Will Trust You
11. Jesus Will Meet You There
12. Spring Is Coming
_________________________________ About the Album Cover: On May 12, 2008 a 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit the Sichuan Province of China sadly ending the lives of nearly 90,000 people. The Chapman family was in China at the time wrapping up a 4 week trip, checking in at the Shanghai airport hundreds of miles away on the other side of the country and headed home to celebrate Maria Sue Chapman’s 5th birthday. They didn’t even feel the quake.
Aware of the disaster through phone contact, there at the airport the Chapman family and team instantly began praying for those they knew and those they had never met there. Sadly, just days later, they experienced their own earthquake, the loss of little Maria.
Steven has often remarked in these past months that, “the Chapmans are likely the most prayed for, supported, and loved family in the world.” Within weeks of the tragedy on May 21, 2008, Steven was beginning to talk about going to the earthquake zone to serve however he could and to proclaim the comfort and Hope that was sustaining his family through the pain of their loss, to those in China who had also suffered their own loss of a Chinese daughter or son in the disaster.
In July 2009, the Chapman family returned to China and participated in ShowHOPE’s (the foundation the Chapmans founded to help care for orphans) grand opening of a special needs orphan care facility named Maria’s Big House of Hope in honor of their daughter. Steven was privileged to do a concert in the effected area and participate in relief work efforts there on the ground. The photograph on the cover of BEAUTY WILL RISE was captured while Steven was inside the earthquake zone. Behind Steven is a portion of the ruins that the quake’s massive and deadly landslides left behind. And yet... in the earthquake in China, in the ‘earthquake’ in his own life, and those in other’s lives, Steven believes on... that BEAUTY WILL RISE. [ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9JTwJ_1lzE ] ***************** "Heaven is the Face" single catches the mainstream eye! USA TODAY music critic Brian Mansfield highlights 10 of the most intriguing tracks, new or old, found during the week's listening. Heaven Is the Face
Steven Curtis Chapman | Christian singer knows heaven means more than reuniting with his daughter, but for right now that's enough. |
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