🎵 ‘Now I See’: The Story Behind The Song 🙏

Hi Friends…

Today I’ve released my first acoustic worship song, “Now I See.” This is one of the most personal songs I’ve written because it tells the story of how Jesus took me from a place of darkness, despair and spiritual blindness and showed me what it really means to see.

I lost most of my sight quite suddenly and was registered blind at 25. Around the same time, my mum died after a twelve-year battle with progressive MS. I lost my job, my car, my independence, my relationship and most of my friends. I became angry, depressed and completely lost, throwing myself into drinking and anything that could numb the pain.

But then I met Sarah.

She had also experienced sight loss and depression, but she had something I didn’t have: Jesus. I spent a long time trying to convince her that people couldn’t be trusted and that her faith was pointless. Instead, God used Sarah to introduce me to the One who would completely change my life. In 2004, Sarah took me to see guitarist Eric Bibb in London. During the concert, I heard the song “Needed Time” and something inside me finally broke. I called out to Jesus: “I can’t fight any more. I’ve not got the strength to kill myself, and I haven’t got the strength to live. Please save me.”

And He did.

I didn’t regain my physical sight that night. Something far more important happened. Jesus opened my spiritual eyes. I began to understand that going blind wasn’t actually my biggest problem. Sin was. And what I needed wasn’t simply to see physically. I needed a Saviour.

That’s where the heart of “Now I See” comes from:

I lost my sight but now I see
Your mercy reaching out for me

Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough

His grace really is enough. I couldn’t fix myself, undo my past or earn God’s forgiveness. Jesus did for me what I could never do for myself. Today, I’m still physically blind, but blindness no longer defines my future. Jesus does. I have hope, I have purpose and I have the promise of eternity…And that’s why I love the final words of the song:

I was lost
Now I’m found
I was broken
Soon to be crowned
You saved my soul
You set me free
Even blind
I see eternity

I wrote “Now I See” because I know what it feels like to be completely lost. But I also know that there is no darkness too deep for Jesus to reach. I thought losing my sight was the end of my story…It wasn’t.

I lost my sight, but through Jesus, I finally learned how to see.

Listen to “Now I See”… wherever you stream 🎧

If this story and song resonated with you, and you’d like to listen again, you don’t have to keep coming back to YouTube. “Now I See” is also available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and many other streaming services. Whether you’d like to add it to your favourite playlist or simply listen on the platform you already use, you can choose your preferred service by clicking the link below:

Listen To: “Now I See” Wherever you stream music!

Thank you for listening, for sharing, and for taking the time to hear the story behind this song. My prayer is that “Now I See” will remind you that no matter how dark life may become, Jesus is still there, His grace is still enough, and His light can always lead us home.

To God be the glory.