James back to the mainstage at the Darien Lake Amphitheater on Monday, July 25. James’ musical comeback is complete this week with the release of “Kingdom Come,” her first full-length record in 11 years. It would seem, then, that if bad things happen to good people, there’s something better for those who endure – who wait and believe. Now she’s a married woman with, of all things, a talk show. She was a single girl who struggled to catch her breath. What followed was a record deal with Bethel Music a 2020 EP, “Dawn” and a podcast, titled “Rebecca St. James fought off her fears, overcame the nerves, and pressed forward into God’s new plan for her life. They quickly became one of the top acts in all of music, selling out shows around the world while finding placements on national talk and awards shows.Ībout four years ago, fKC asked big sister to collaborate on a new album, “burn the ships.” More unexpectedly, they asked her to come out on stage during a show in Alaska and join them on vocals. James taking time off, her brothers, Joel and Luke Smallbone, took up the family trade and formed for KING & COUNTRY. James and Fink wed and, today, are the proud parents of three young children. James was introduced to Foster the People bassist/film producer Jacob “Cubbie” Fink – and wouldn’t you know it – the words of “Wait for Me” began to come to fruition. Not long after landing on the West Coast, St. James’ story, but a divinely crafted reboot. The Bible says faith is the assurance of things hoped – the evidence of things not seen. It was the day the music died the singer having wasted her time singing that song so many times, and with nothing to show for it. James was called to “retreat” to California. … I think music just became increasingly more threatening.”Īt the time, it seemed as if St. “There’s also panic attacks happening on stage where, depending on how emotionally exhausted I was that day, would depend on how much I could breathe on stage – or not breathe on stage. … The Bible says, ‘Hope deferred makes the heart sick,’ and I think in some ways my heart was sick. And, as every year went by and I'm still singing ‘Wait for Me’ and talking about this man that I pray will come – but there’s no guarantees in life that things will turn out the way that we want. That would be just very clean and tidy, and that was my plan. James shared, “I think my goal has always been that, when God brought my husband, that I would sing and start having kids. Of course, myriad people are looking for love – but not many (if any) have to go on stage night after night and proclaim, “I am waiting for/Praying for you, darling/Wait for me, too.” She was single, her career was in flux, and the only constant was getting another year older. She was the textbook definition of a “good person.”Īnd yet, eight years later, St. Ministering to emotionally scarred youth. James released “Transform,” and the single “Wait for Me,” unapologetically declaring she would practice abstinence until marriage.įor the next eight years, she spent her youth serving others. Drugs, alcohol, wild parties, men – whatever she wanted could be hers at the snap of her fingers. James had fame, fortune and movie star good looks. James is proof we might be shortchanging this adage.Īs an award-winning singer in her 20s, St. Like, say, “What if bad things happen to good people … but set them up for even better things”? GM/Managing if there’s more to the saying, “Why do bad things happen to good people”?
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