"Behold" is a beautiful reminder that Jesus is Emmanuel: God with us. No matter what happens in life, we should have no fear, because God is with us through our failings, our hardships, our doubts. In Jesus we find hope that prompts us to give glory to God forever.
It's a simple but powerful statement of God's goodness and love. The song was written by Aerie and Bella Camp, two sisters. And if you don't recognize those names, maybe you recognize their dad: worship leader and songwriter Jeremy Camp. In 2015, when Aerie brought the song to her dad, he suggested they go in the studio and record it. In the original recording (here on Youtube) you hear and see every member of the Camp family singing: daughters Aerie and Bella, Jeremy and his wife Adrienne, even their 4-year-old son Egan.
What's amazing about the song and the story is that Jeremy's life portrays clinging to the hope in Christ in the midst of terrible loss. Tragically, Jeremy's first wife died of ovarian cancer in 2000. Then in 2009, Jeremy and Adrienne lost a child to a miscarriage. It's inspiring, then, to hear the family sing, "He is our shepherd and He is our strength, I won't be afraid. He is our comfort and He is our fill, I won't be afraid."
I'm grateful for songwriters like Jeremy and his daughters. I'm grateful for people who can point me to Christ, even when I know their story is marked with grief, loss, and despair. When I can hear and sing their songs, I feel less alone in my grief, loss, or despair.
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