Terri Lynn's Songwriting Stories

Through our years of  touring, my husband Mike, would schedule concerts around hunting and fishing season. He never missed an opportunity to enjoy "God's Creation". One year we went to Gunnison National Park in Colorado during Mule Deer season. We had a few days in between concerts and rode horseback into the Park and made camp at a spot with a fabulous view. 

Our ride up the mountain was a challenge, to say the least. "Life's road is filled with highs and lows, it's rough more times than not". Experiences at the mountain top and in the lowest of valleys are what make us who we are.   These experiences hopefully make us more like the image and character of Christ. 

Snow, it is pure, soft, gentle, fluffy, fun, and glistening and  every snowflake is unique. Snow has always been a part of my childhood  memories in Ohio, making snowmen, toboggan sledding, ice skating, and building  ice igloos,

 Yep, snow excites the kid inside of me,  when we get a forecast of the 

winter white delight!

 I wrote "Winter White" about this, my only Christmas request,  to wake up to winter white. On Christmas morning to look outside my window and see a blanket of white, that is "the seasons gift to me". 

This song became a big favorite in many of the churches we toured. Even today it  is remembered as an anthem of hope.

 Writing "White Horse" was my "Psalm" of weariness and discouragement that we all face at various junctures in our lives.  He is always "Faithful and True, my Heavenly Warrior". 

He meets me where I am, rescues me and brings me hope. He brings the strength to stay the course, when our hearts are in a "dry and weary land where there's no water". 

This beautiful painting of the "White Horse" was created by a friend who loved this song.