Writing songs easier with the Lord on board

Published: Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009 1:41 a.m. MST
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For Mormon songster Hilary Weeks, songwriting is not easy.

Fulfilling, meaningful, creative — yes. But not easy.

"I would put my kids to bed and sit down at the piano to write, and many a night I'd end up in tears," the LDS singer and songwriter says. "I'd doubt my own ability. I'd doubt whether I was good enough to do what I wanted."

At least, that's how it went on her previous six CD projects. This time, things were different.

"I decided I would just put my trust in Heavenly Father," Weeks says. "I realized that all along I may have not been good enough, but God has. He has made up the difference every time. He has helped me on those other CDs, and I knew he would help me on this one."

Once she realized that, "the ideas just came," she says.

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