Mel's Music & Ministry Songs for the journey

Songs for the journey

Songs for the road that is hard.

Original songs from Scripture, written through real hardship — for anyone who needs a soundtrack for the road they did not choose.

Melanie Hilliard
“The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18

I grew up in a house that was not safe, and I have spent most of my life learning that God was closer in the worst of it than in the easy parts. I write songs about what that has actually been like — loss, addiction, grief, survival, and the mercy that shows up in ordinary places.

Everything here is free. If a song helps you pray, or helps you keep going one more day, it has done its work.

Every song starts as a story — something walked through, something learned about God in it.

“He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.” Psalm 40:3