I Will Not Fail Thee

D&C 6:34,36;
Deuteronomy 31:6; Joshua 1:5

My first semester of college was one of numerous challenges. My High School sweetheart had broken up with me, my best friend of 18 years had married and moved away, I had been dropped from the piano performance major because my Carpal Tunnel was affecting my performance ability, and my Mom had been diagnosed with cancer. These were just a few of the big things. It seemed like everything that could go wrong in my life, had gone wrong. I felt so devastated and alone. My Christmas present from my Mom that year was a painting by Derek Hegsted entitled, "I Will Not Fail Thee." The painting is of a young girl, kneeling at the feet of the Savior. You can't see the Savior's face, but His arms are encircling the girl as she clings to Him. The moment I saw the picture, I saw myself in the face of that young girl, and I could literally feel myself encircled about in the arms of His love. I had been tinkering for several weeks with what I thought was to have been a piano solo, but as soon as I saw the picture, I knew that this was the song I had been writing. The words and music went together perfectly and immediately. I wrote the song in its entirety that Christmas day. To this day it is still my favorite. I have never been happy with a recording of it, because I can't seem to control my emotions when I sing this one. I still have the picture hanging on my bedroom wall, and D&C 6 is still my favorite scripture. At those times when I feel that all of earth and hell are combining against me, I remember the scripture, the picture, the song, and I know that when everything else fails, He never will.