We're living in hard times.

Whether the difficulty is because of the stress we hear on the nightly news, or because of the common stresses that we encounter in our day-to-day lives, ‘the hard times’ are an experience that we all face at some point.

For those of us who know that our only Comfort lies in Jesus Christ, our hope and our security is only in Him. Sometimes a simple song puts things all into perspective.

Rodnie Bryant and CCMC sing the song “A Testimony”, and radio across the county is fielding requests. ‘The phones are hot’, as they say in the business. The Indianapolis-based choir director took some time out to talk with GospelFlava.com about the hit from his album My Father's Business on Tyscot Records (see album review).


“There's really no hard chords or instrumentation to the song. We thought we'd give it a popular beat so that everyone could recognize it. The foot stomps and claps create the whole scene. Then we added just a little hair of traditional chords to bring in all of the entrances to the song. That fives you that down home feeling.”

“Everyone's loving it, one because it's simple and to the point too. The young people love the beat and the tune is catchy. Cedric Thompson, the producer, is a genius at that. 'Way to go Ced!' And Kayla Parker, the soloist and songwriter, outdid herself on this one.”

“When we talk about the lyrics of the song, it really gets deep to me. The love of Jesus Christ is something that surpasses all human understanding. Someone who loves you so much that He died so that you don't have to die. Someone who laid down His life on our behalf. He died even though we have faults and short comings.”

“As a matter of fact that's why he died, because on my best day I'm a filthy rag. With all the things we have done, been through, said, there is someone who still reaches out their hand and says to us, 'it's okay I still love you!'

“That's something that will blow your mind. The one person in life that loves you the most still could not compare to the Love of Jesus Christ.”

“That really what the lyrics say, all the things that we've done and gone through there's still someone who not only Loves and cares for us but, in an instant will snatch us out of our situation. Then He does something else, He lifts us so that our enemies will not be able to touch us. What a mighty God we serve. Bless His wonderful name.”

Here is the full set of lyrics to the song.