I wrote “Everything Speaks His Name” as an assignment song when I was in college. It was an assignment where we were supposed to “Start with a title.” I came up with “Everything Speaks His Name” as a title, and I was feeling pretty smug about it. I thought it would be a love
song, but as I began writing, I realized — it had to be about God. And so I wrote about all the things I could think of that ‘denote there is a God.’ A dewdrop…a soaring eagle…a newborn baby…This song could have had a thousand verses.
But I only wrote three of them, and though it is impossible to describe the unfathomable majesty of all His creations, I described a few of the ones that I especially love. And so, in the end, it IS a love song. It’s about the love I have for all the beauty around me, but mostly it’s about the love of God for us. I continue to learn, on a daily basis, how much He is willing to give us, and how anxious to guide us. For like Paul, ‘I am persuaded that neither life nor death…nor angels, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God.’ (Romans 8:38,39)
You can order the sheet music of “Everything Speaks His Name” HERE.
This song is sung by Jessie Funk. You can purchase her recording of Everything Speaks His Name by going here.
Happy Easter season to all of you,
Shawna
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Beautiful! Thank you for sharing your talents.
thank you for this beautiful music!!
I just love your music. That song Everything Speaks His Name, I can not listen without crying.. That song says exactly how I feel about God and his creations… He is an AWESOME God and everything I see I see his face, his love, his warmth, his compassion. Thank you for this beautiful song. And I wish I had the talent this Jesse Funk has. She sings like an angel….
I cant get the song from Jesse Funk’s website. Please tell me where I can pay for and download this song.. IHAVE TO HAVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carla,
I’m at a loss. It looks like Jessie has taken most of her music off of her site. There is an album out there (Maybe at Deseret Book?) entitled “Everything Speaks His Name.” You could probably get the album, but I’m not sure where you could get a single copy of the music.