Camp Mystic Tween Helps Others Find Their ‘Hallelujah’ Again

Summary

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Episode Summary: "Camp Mystic Tween Helps Others Find Their ‘Hallelujah’ Again"

Host: Jim Kirkland
Guests: Skylar Darrington (survivor), Lacey Darrington (mother), Billy Graham (archival)
Date: August 20, 2025

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Episode Overview

This moving episode centers on the harrowing night of July 4th, when 12-year-old Skylar Darrington survived a devastating flash flood at Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp in Kerr County, Texas. Skylar and her mother, Lacey, share their perspectives of the tragedy and reflect on faith, hope, and healing. The story takes a remarkable turn as Skylar, a talented young singer, composes a heartfelt song in the wake of the disaster—a song that would inspire thousands and help others rediscover their own "hallelujah" amid loss.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Night of the Flood

• 00:00–03:14 Lacey recounts waking up far from her daughter Skylar, feeling deep concern after seeing evacuation alerts.
  • “I had a bad feeling. I just had this feeling like I just… Because I got like a text message… It was a matter of life and death.” – Lacey Darrington [00:00]
• 01:54–03:49 Jim narrates the timeline: the Guadalupe River rose rapidly during the night, prompting evacuations. Skylar describes being woken and led from her riverside cabin to the safety of the rec hall, wading through water in pajamas, clutching a few valued items.
  • "I dropped my blanket but we still had to keep going...we made it on the first floor and then whenever it started rising, we went onto the second floor." – Skylar Darrington [02:25]
• Skylar and her fellow campers, unaware of the full scale of the crisis, sang to comfort each other through the night.
  • "We were all singing together and comforting each other and singing like Christian music." – Skylar Darrington [03:49]
  • Skylar sings the Camp Mystic song: [04:08–04:34]

2. The Morning After: Discovery and Reunification

• 04:34–05:49 At dawn, with little knowledge of the devastation, the girls are carefully led to the tennis courts for breakfast.
• 05:14–07:27 Lacey struggles with fear and lack of information, describing the agony of trying to contact her daughter (“the girls don’t have their phones—it’s a technology-free camp”). Relief floods in with the news: "This entire cabin is accounted for." [07:19]
• 07:54–08:26 The full gravity sets in: the Texas Hill Country flood claimed at least 138 lives overall, with 27 lost at Camp Mystic, including people the Darrington family personally knew.

3. Processing Tragedy and Remembering Joy

• 08:45–09:31 Despite loss, Skylar recalls camp joy—four years of games, friendships, and favorite activities.
  • "I like archery, arts and crafts, horseback riding, dance, cheer... just hanging out by the waterfront and the river and everything." – Skylar [09:15]
• Lacey describes Camp Mystic as a nearly sacred place, evoking its timeless charm and emotional resonance.
  • "It's just kind of a place where time stands still... she would rather go to Mystic than Disney World...that says something." – Lacey [09:48]
• 10:23–12:24 Returning to camp, Lacey and Skylar retrieve belongings and gain emotional closure, greeted by staff who gently prepare them:
  • “This camp’s gonna look different, but the spirit’s still the same.” – Camp staff to Skylar [11:11]
• Skylar finds comfort in the enduring “spirit” of Camp Mystic, even amid destruction.
  • “Even though...a lot of it was washed away, it felt like Camp Mystic still.” – Skylar [11:34]

4. Community, Faith, and Song

• 12:44–13:04 Skylar describes her Bug House group chat as a source of support and faith: “They have been each other's sisters in Christ…” – Lacey [12:56]
• 13:17–14:43 Processing trauma leads Skylar to songwriting. With her little brother Clark and Lacey’s help, she writes new lyrics to "Hallelujah," weaving their experiences and faith into the tune.
  • “I heard there was a giant flood but we were washed in Jesus blood…” – Skylar [14:43–16:52, full performance]
• 17:12–17:35 The song, shared privately, quickly goes viral—Skylar and her family are surprised to find her rendition has millions of views and has been broadcast nationally.

5. Impact: Inspiring Others and Healing Hearts

• 17:40–18:09 Lacey receives messages from strangers and friends whose faith was reignited by the song, including one who wrote,
  • “I lost my Hallelujah...and I got it back.” – Cabin parent [17:40]
• 18:26–18:50 Skylar’s music lands her on Fox & Friends, where she is surprised on set by her idol, singer Lauren Daigle—a moment of joy and encouragement for the young survivor.

6. Moving Forward: Faith, Ministry, and Hope

• 18:57–19:23 Skylar aspires to create music blending pop and Christian influences, while also focusing on returning to school and extra-curricular activities.
• 19:52–20:44 Lacey, a youth and family minister, reflects on how her faith and work strengthened her to guide her children and others through crisis.
  • “It’s important that we wait for God’s timing and that we praise through the storm…that will make you walk closer with God.” – Lacey [20:17]
• Lacey underscores the community of faith and God’s unwavering presence in suffering and recovery.
  • “You never, ever lose hope because it's always with you and you're never alone...God puts people in your life to help you with that, and he knows exactly what he's doing and he's still working even when you can't see it.” – Lacey [20:54]

7. Spiritual Encouragement from Billy Graham

• 01:08 & 21:58 Interludes from Billy Graham emphasize the theme of finding joy and “a song in your heart” even during dark circumstances, reinforcing the episode’s message of faith, resilience, and hope.
  • “The real victorious Christian has something to sing about even in the most depressing circumstances because Christ gives us a song in our heart.” – Billy Graham [01:08, 21:58]

8. Final Words of Hope from Skylar & Lacey

• 24:11–25:13 Closing heartfelt advice:
  • “God always has plans for you and just keep trusting in him…He’s just always there and he always listens to you.” – Skylar [24:11]
  • “Don’t give up. Keep searching, keep knocking, keep asking. You know, pray unceasingly. Don’t lose hope. Don’t feel alone, because you’re never alone. And joy will come in the morning. It always does…God always answers your prayer…I'm grateful for that. I want other people to live like that…” – Lacey [24:24]

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Notable Quotes

• “I had a bad feeling. I just had this feeling like I just… evacuate immediately. This is a matter of life and death.”
  – Lacey Darrington [00:00]

• “We were all singing together and comforting each other and singing like Christian music.”
  – Skylar Darrington [03:49]

• “Even though...a lot of it was washed away, it felt like Camp Mystic still.”
  – Skylar Darrington [11:34]

• "I heard there was a giant flood but we were washed in Jesus blood..."
  – Skylar Darrington (singing) [14:43]

• “I lost my Hallelujah and…I got it back.”
  – Cabin parent (via Lacey) [17:40]

• “The real victorious Christian has something to sing about even in the most depressing circumstances because Christ gives us a song in our heart.”
  – Billy Graham [01:08, 21:58]

• “Don’t give up…joy will come in the morning. It always does.”
  – Lacey Darrington [24:24]

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Memorable Moments & Timestamps

• Skylar’s recounting of being evacuated [02:25–02:45]
• Camp Mystic song performance [04:08–04:34]
• Skylar’s “Hallelujah” [14:43–16:52]
• Testimonies of hope and healing [17:40–18:09]
• Lauren Daigle surprise [18:26–18:50]
• Closing encouragements from Skylar and Lacey [24:11–25:13]

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Tone & Style

The episode maintains a compassionate, faith-driven tone, blending empathy for tragedy with uplifting reflections. The hosts and guests speak conversationally and candidly, intertwining stories of loss, survival, music, and spiritual growth. The language is accessible, warm, and centered on the core Christian belief of hope through Jesus Christ.

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Conclusion

This episode offers not only a story of disaster and survival but also of faith’s power to bring peace, purpose, and even joy in the aftermath of tragedy. Skylar’s song, born from loss, provides hope and spiritual renewal to listeners far beyond Camp Mystic, reminding all that, even in the darkest moments, there is always a “hallelujah” to be found.

Transcript

[Lacey Darrington]

I had a bad feeling. I just had this feeling like I just. Because I got like a text message from Jeff Lindner from Houston and a friend of mine had posted it and it said, you know, it was like around 6 or 7am it was like evacuate immediately. This is a matter of life and death.

[Jim Kirkland]

Lacey Darrington was four hours away from her 12 year old daughter Skylar when she knew something was suddenly wrong. Skylar was at Camp mystic in Kerr County, Texas on July 4th when devastating floodwaters overtook the camp, taking the lives of 27 campers and counselors. You'll hear about the flood from Skylar and Lacey's perspectives and how Skylar used a song to bring redemption to the tragedy. It's all on this episode of GPS God People Stories, an outreach of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. I'm Jim Kirkland. As you'll clearly hear, Skyler is a gifted singer. As a Christian, the song of her heart comes from the peace and joy she has in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Though Billy Graham wasn't known for his singing voice, he did have a song in his heart. Here's why.

[Billy Graham]

It is only in Christ that the soul finds rest, joy and music. The real victorious Christian has something to sing about even in the most depressing circumstances because Christ gives us a song in our heart.

[Jim Kirkland]

You'll hear more from Billy Graham later in this episode, but if you need to know right now about the joy and peace that comes only from a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, head right over to our website. It's findpeacewithgod.net when you're there, click on Begin a Relationship with Jesus. That'[e-mail] you can also find the link in our show Notes GPS God, People Stories.

In the early morning hours of this past July 4th, the Guadalupe river, which runs through Texas's hill country, surged 26ft in 45 minutes, flooding many people's homes and communities, including a private Christian summer camp for girls called Camp Mystic. Skylar Darrington was among the oldest group of girls staying in the flats, which were close to the river. Around 1am she and her cabin were told to evacuate to the recall because the river was rising.

[Skylar Darrington]

The old camp director came and picked us up and he drove us to recall and we walked through about ankle or knee deep of water. I can't really remember and I dropped my blanket but we still had to keep going. But yeah, we, we made it on the first floor and then whenever it started rising, we went onto the second floor.

[Jim Kirkland]

Skyler held on to her Stuffed animal, a blanket and a pillow while trying to get through the muddy waters and pouring rain in the pitch black darkness. Soaking wet in her pajamas, she made it safely to the rec hall. She had no idea that some of her fellow campers weren't able to make the same escape.

[Skylar Darrington]

We didn't know anything that was happening. We just. All we knew was that just we were going to stay in Recall till morning. But yeah, we were just kind of singing, comforting and talking to each other and everything.

[Jim Kirkland]

Through the chaos, Skylar relied on her faith in Jesus. That faith had grown from being raised in a Christ centered home, going to church and learning more about the Bible at Camp mystic in previous summers. All of that work to sustain her during the most unpredictable night of her young life.

[Skylar Darrington]

I just knew that God was going to be with me and everything was going to turn out okay.

[Jim Kirkland]

Many of the girls who had evacuated to the rec hall never went to sleep that night. Instead they stayed up. They sang together, lifting up a chorus of their voices rising above the storm.

[Skylar Darrington]

We were all together at the top of it because whenever the water started like rising, we were on the second story of the building and we were all singing together and like comforting each other and singing like Christian music.

[Jim Kirkland]

One of the songs they sang was a traditional camp song called There's a Camp on the Guadalupe that goes like this.

[Skylar Darrington]

There's a camp on the Guadalupe River. It's the camp of my dreams where the whipper will sound softly and the.

[Skylar Darrington (singing)]

Bright moon beams on the banks of.

[Skylar Darrington]

The Guadalupe River Hearts are loyal and true can't mystic I will pledge my true and faithful love to you.

[Jim Kirkland]

When morning finally came, the girls still didn't have a grasp of the full extent of the storm. But as they left the rec hall to get breakfast, they started to see the magnitude of the devastation.

[Skylar Darrington]

We walked down and it was all muddy like at the bottom. So whenever we walked down we had to be really careful. There wasn't any glass or any residue that we were going to step on that was unsafe. So the counselors walked down there first and make sure everything was okay. And there were some like, of the camp directors and people like, I think there were police officers and stuff investigating like everything. So he walked down to the tennis courts which was right next to rec hall and they gave us cereal and like water and food and everything.

[Jim Kirkland]

Back home, Skyler's mom hadn't yet heard the news. The flood happened so quickly that she hadn't known Skylar had been in grave danger until she was actually out of danger and safe. And sound.

[Lacey Darrington]

By the time I Woke up about 7am on Friday morning, which was July 4, that she was already safe. She was already in a safe place on higher ground. But I didn't know that. And I'm looking at all the warnings and I'm looking at all the news and our mom group, you know, our cabin group starts kind of going off the wall and I'm starting to call people.

[Jim Kirkland]

The parents struggled to reach their girls.

[Lacey Darrington]

The girls don't have their phones. It's a technology free camp. Even the counselors don't have their phones. They turn them in. Also the communication lines were down. It was very difficult to get through to someone on a phone or to text.

[Jim Kirkland]

For an hour and a half, Lacey faced the unknown.

[Lacey Darrington]

I had a bad feeling. I had this sinking feeling. And my husband was there during the flood of 87. He was a kid and he was like, it's going to be fine. This happened to me when I was a kid. You know, they're going to eat hot dogs for three days and the water's going to go down and they're going to. It's okay. Like these things happen there occasionally.

[Jim Kirkland]

During that flood in 1987, Lacy's husband had been attending nearby Camp Stewart and every child at that camp survived. Despite her husband's words, Lacy could not shake her bad feeling.

[Lacey Darrington]

I had a bad feeling. I just had this feeling like I just. Because I got like a text message from Jeff Lindner from Houston and a friend of mine had posted it and it said, you know, it was like around 6 or 7am I was like, evacuate immediately. This is a matter of life and death.

[Jim Kirkland]

Lacey was stuck on the word death. She felt like she needed to get to Skyler right now. But her husband reminded her they had a four hour drive and that the flooded roads would make it difficult to reach her. Finally, around 8:30 that morning, she received a text message that gave her the news she was hoping for.

[Lacey Darrington]

One of the counselors and our cabin members mom group was like, they're all accounted for. This entire cabin is accounted for.

[Jim Kirkland]

Skyler was safe. Even so, Lacey wanted to see her daughter. When the Darringtons received another email later that afternoon requesting them to pick her up, they were out of the door and on their way. Immediately, Lacey was finally reunited with Skylar that night after Skylar had been helicoptered to safety out of the flooded camp. Although the situation around them was utterly heartbreaking, their reunion was a beautiful moment.

[Lacey Darrington]

I didn't even understand the full gravity of it at that moment. Still, it took a Few days for me to let it all sink in.

[Jim Kirkland]

Lacy's daughter had survived one of the deadliest flash floods in recent U.S. history. The Texas Hill country flood caused at least 138 deaths. 27 people died at Camp mystic alone. At the Titanic, Camp Skylar lost a couple of friends. Other girls in her cabin lost relatives like a sister or a cousin. And the Darrington family lost some people they knew and loved.

[Lacey Darrington]

We lost Dick Eastland. He was the owner of Camp Mystic. He saved my daughter's life. We lost Jane Ragsdale. She was the owner of Heart of the Hills. She was the sister camp to Camp Stewart.

[Jim Kirkland]

It was at Camp Stewart where Skylar's father had had the experience that inspired him to send his own kids to summer camp.

[Skylar Darrington]

My dad went to Camp Stuart and he sent my both of my brothers to Camp Stuart. So he was trying to find a girls camp around there. So he chose Camp mystic for the Darringtons.

[Jim Kirkland]

Camp has always been something to look forward to. And despite the horrific tragedy, Skylar still carries many happy memories there. She had gone to the camp for the past four years, every summer since she was almost nine years old. Besides enjoying tribe games, which are a Camp mystic tradition, Skyler enjoyed many of her hobbies there.

[Skylar Darrington]

I like archery, arts and crafts, horseback riding, dance, cheer. We have a lot, but those are my main favorites. Me and my friends, we would do activities and have fun together and like, just like hanging out by, like, the waterfront and the river and everything.

[Jim Kirkland]

Skylar's mom really enjoyed watching her daughter have so many great experiences For a month every summer at Camp Mystic.

[Lacey Darrington]

There's just this feeling down there. It's a sacred place. Like it's been there for so long and there's no mosquitoes and it's 10 degrees colder.

And the river's cold. I mean, it's just, there's these canyons and these, like, bluffs and like, it's just kind of a place where time stands still. I don't know how to explain it, but there's just cool feeling when you're there and your kids have so much fun. And it's like she would rather go to mystic than Disney World or, you know, the Hawaii. Like she would a hundred thousand times choose that instead. And that says something.

[Jim Kirkland]

Even with the devastation, the Darringtons want to return to Camp Mystic. In fact, Skyler and Lacy have already gone back to camp to retrieve Skyler's belongings.

[Lacey Darrington]

I felt this, like, draw to go back. I just couldn't wait to go back and help and just be a part of it and just felt hug our friends and to see everybody. I just. I felt like the girls really needed that closure. And so when we got the email, we could come. I think it was a few days after, and I knew the first day we wouldn't have time to get there in time before they closed. And so we got up first thing the next morning and drove out there. Actually, we drove there the night before, spent the night, and then got up first thing in the morning to be there when the gates opened.

[Jim Kirkland]

The Camp mystic staff were at the gates ready to prepare Skylar and her mom for what they were about to see. At the time, they were only allowing campers, volunteers, and rescuers onto the grounds to keep others from interfering with search and rescue efforts. More than a dozen campers and a few counselors were still missing.

[Lacey Darrington]

When we drove up to the gates, the green gates, they said, skylar, this cam's gonna look different, but the spirit's still the same. And I thought that was just so kind and so great of her to say that to my child. And it just was kind of surreal because the sun was shining and it was such a pretty day. Just days after something so crazy happened to Skyler.

[Jim Kirkland]

The floodwaters hadn't completely taken Camp mystic away.

[Skylar Darrington]

Even though it didn't look the same, like, I knew the spirit was still there. And I feel like, even though, like, a lot of it was washed away, it felt like Camp mystic still. And like some of the cabins that they were still standing and everything. And like, even though, like, Senior Hill stairs was washed away, it still felt like everything was the same, except it just looked a little bit different.

[Jim Kirkland]

Skyler searched her cabin, which was called the bug House. She was looking for all of her stuff. Most of her things had stayed within the cabin and simply floated to the top.

[Lacey Darrington]

Someone had so lovingly cleaned out the cabin, pulled everything out that was salvageable, and let it start drying in the sun. It was like a treasure hunt to find those things. Each single piece that we found was, like, just. It was way more than things. It was. It was more than that.

[Jim Kirkland]

Skylar and her mom managed to find all of Skylar's things except for one thing. A laundry basket. They were incredibly grateful to recover so much and returned to the place where Skylar had spent the past four of her summers. But in the days since the flood, much of Skylar's life has changed.

[Skylar Darrington]

We have a bug House group chat, because that's the name of my cabin. And we've been talking about everything, and we've been comforting each other, and just like yeah, we've just been keeping up with each other and talking a lot.

[Lacey Darrington]

They have been each other's sisters in Christ, and that group of friends have helped her process things another way.

[Jim Kirkland]

Skylar has processed the flood was by writing a song about her experience at Camp Mystic. Now, Skylar's been writing songs since she was just about 6, but this song was different.

[Skylar Darrington]

So I've always liked to sing. And growing up, I love my school and everything and all my friends going to Camp mystic and everything, it was really fun, and it was just, like, kind of traditional for me. And throughout, like, everything, like, my whole life, I just. I feel like Camp mystic has always been there and everything. I think it was about a week maybe after the plug, and we were waiting in line, I think, to get allergy medicine or something like that at cvs, and my little brother was singing hallelujah. And I had this song stuck in my head after I went home. And my little brother just kept singing the song. His name's Clark. We went up to my room, and I kind of was writing down, like, some words that I had, like, in my head.

[Jim Kirkland]

Skyler's mom joined in with her daughter to help her write out some of the words, all to the tune of hallelujah together. The song was written in just 15 or 20 minutes. The words just seemed to flow as Skylar described her flood experience.

[Skylar Darrington]

So it was just, like, thinking of what kind of happened and, like, what everyone went through and, like, putting it into words. So I kind of wrote a poem and then put lyrics like, everything just kind of fit into the song. So it was like a poem but in song form.

[Jim Kirkland]

Once the song was finished, Lacy recorded a video of Skylar singing it. Within two or three tries, Skylar had nailed it. They sent the video just to family and friends.

[Skylar Darrington (singing)]

I heard there was a giant flood but we were washed in Jesus blood and you don't really care for my news, do ya? On July 4, 2020 5th, the water rose and we win adrift the battleful king composing hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah. Our faith was strong you showed us love like only God from up above your prayers and hugs and love overwhelmed us. We cried, we prayed, we did our share you clothed us, fed us, brushed our hair and from our lips we drew the hallelujah. You say the water overcame but I will never forget their names no blame, no fault so really what's it to ya? We are a part of mystic hurt. We spread his light, his love, his word, the holy and the broken hallelujah.

Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah. We did our best we left a mark A light that shines within the dark I told his truth I didn't have to fool you.

And even though it wasn't long we stand before the Lord of songs with nothing on our tongues but Hallelujah.

These powerful words to.

[Jim Kirkland]

The melody of hallelujah are impacting many lives and not just in Texas, but, but all around the United States. The peace and love Skyler feels in the wake of the tragic flood poured into every word. They had no idea that that video would go viral and touch so many lives.

[Skylar Darrington]

A lot of my friends were blowing up my phone and I had like hundreds of messages from everyone and they were like, I saw you on the news. I, I heard your song. You have like 3 million views or blah blah, blah. And I was like, well, yeah, I sung the song and CBS News posted it and I was confused at first because I didn't know. And I saw the videos, like, oh wait, that's really cool because I didn't know they posted it.

[Jim Kirkland]

More importantly, Skylar's song led to some life changing conversations.

[Lacey Darrington]

I got a couple of people, like, I didn't know who reached out and said, you know, thank you so much. Like maybe my sister or my friend didn't know who Jesus was. And now they're asking me who he is. And one of the ladies in our cabin group, she wrote back and said, I lost my Hallelujah and I didn't want to play the song. And I, I did and I got it back and she's like, I just want to thank you and your daughter for that. And that meant so much to me because that was so close to home.

[Jim Kirkland]

Because so many people were being moved by Skyler's song and touched by the words that she had written. She was asked to sing her rendition of Hallelujah on the Fox News Channel's morning show, Fox and Friends. When she arrived to the set, there was a surprise waiting for her.

[Skylar Darrington]

They like asked my dad who my favorite singer was and my dad asked me and I said Lauren Daigle. And I didn't know she was going to be there though. I thought they were just asking just to know. I don't know. And whenever they said say hi to Lauren Daigle, I thought she was like watching my live and I was like, oh, hi. And I didn't know she was actually there and she came around the corner and I was so surprised I didn't know she came. And it was really cool.

[Jim Kirkland]

Meeting Lauren Daigle was an inspiring moment for the rising seventh grader. In the future, Skyler would like to write more music like Lauren.

[Skylar Darrington]

I kind of want to do a mix maybe between like, pop and Christian.

[Lacey Darrington]

I love that, like, Lauren Daigle cast a chance. She's able to. When you were an artist like Natalie Grant or Lauren Daigle, you're able to reach people from across the board. And I think that's so cool that they're able to. To have music that inspires everyone, you know.

[Jim Kirkland]

But for now, Skyler already has a busy schedule lined up with school this fall.

[Skylar Darrington]

I'm on the cheer team at school, so I have a lot of cheer competitions and football games to go to and I have volleyball tryouts coming up and I might travel for basketball too. And I have track coming up and I'm doing all upper level classes at Arseval. It's called tap. And I'm excited because I'm going into a new school. It's going to be junior high for me.

[Jim Kirkland]

While Skyler goes to school, her mom plans to remain flexible to tend to her kids and their activities and to continue her own ministry.

[Lacey Darrington]

I became a youth and family minister about two years ago, so I've been working for a church and that's really just teaching other kids about these, you know, the stories of the Bible. And just being a part of a ministry has really strengthened my knowledge and my just preparing my heart for these things.

[Jim Kirkland]

Through all that this summer has brought, Lacy has seen God work profoundly.

[Lacey Darrington]

Everybody goes through a storm. We all experience that and we all hear sometimes silence and we don't hear answers sometimes. But it's important that we wait for God's timing and that we praise through the storm and praise through the pain and praise through the joy, because that will make you walk closer with God and. And you just get up and you get stronger and you get better each day when you keep preaching the good news.

[Jim Kirkland]

That good news is the hope that comes from a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It is something that Lacy wants everyone to experience and so does God.

[Lacey Darrington]

You never, ever lose hope because it's always with you and you're never alone and you never have to bear that burden by yourself. God puts people in your life to help you with that, and he knows exactly what he's doing and he's still working even when you can't see it.

[Jim Kirkland]

If you've been listening to this episode and want to know God and know how he can work in your life, then would you please pay a visit to our website. It's FindPeaceWithGod.

That's FindPeaceWithGod.net if you don't have the opportunity to jot that down or commit it to memory, no worry. The link is in our show notes. In just a minute, you'll hear one last piece of encouragement from Skylar and her mom, Lacey. You're listening to GPS God People Stories, a podcast production of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

[Billy Graham]

It is only in Christ that the soul finds rest, joy and music. Billy Graham, the real victorious Christian, has something to sing about even in the most depressing circumstances because Christ gives us a song in our heart. All the way through the Bible, we find music and singing and playing and rejoicing because of what God in Christ can do for the human soul. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the Bible teaches that when Christ comes in, there's a joy and a song of salvation. Music is in the soul. The cords of your heart may be broken today, but Jesus can repair them and can cause such music to come as you never dreamed was possible. And then the Bible teaches and speaks of the songs in the night. Yes, the songs that Jesus gives under adverse circumstances and in most depressing moments, Jesus can give a song. No matter what your troubles and what your trials are, the scripture says the grace of God is sufficient to bring a song from your lips and put a song in your heart. The Bible says, when my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Again, the Bible says, casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you. You have troubles and problems and difficulties to take. I want to tell you that Jesus Christ can put a smile on your face. Jesus Christ can put a song in your heart. Jesus has grace sufficient for every need that you might have.

[Jim Kirkland]

You can know what it means for Jesus Christ to put a song in your heart by having a personal relationship with him. We can tell you all about [e-mail] when you're there, click the link that says begin a relationship with Jesus. You'll find [e-mail] Our guests on this episode of GPS are Skyler and Lacey Darrington. Skyler is a survivor of the flood that tore through Camp mystic in Kerr County, Texas on July 4th. She has rewritten the lyrics to a song so that she can share the good news of Jesus Christ. If you find yourself going through a season of tragedy or hopelessness, Skyler and Lacy have a message for you.

[Skylar Darrington]

God always has plans for you and just keep trusting in him. Even though sometimes it might take a while. He'll always remember, like everything that you prayed for. He's just always there and he always listens to you.

[Lacey Darrington]

Don't give up. Keep searching, keep knocking, keep asking. You know, pray unceasingly. Don't lose hope. Don't feel alone, because you're never alone. And joy will come in the morning. It always does. You just sometimes have to be patient for it. And God and I, and I do believe this, God always answers your prayer. He doesn't always answer it the way you ask for it or when you ask for it to be done, but he always has answered every prayer in my life, and I'm grateful for that. I want other people to live like that. I want people to have a personal relationship with God. I want them to read their Bible and pray and go to church. But more than those things, I want them to have a deeply connected personal relationship with Christ. Because that is what can give you the strength to get through anything.

[Jim Kirkland]

Wisdom from Skyler and Lacy Darrington. We are very grateful that Skyler and her mom, Lacy, were able to join us on this episode. Please do continue to pray for the Camp mystic families in the days ahead. Even in the midst of the darkest tragedies, there is always hope with Jesus Christ. And if hope filled, stories like the one that Skyler and Lacy shared are a blessing to you. Subscribe to gps we have new episodes releasing every other Wednesday. I'm Jim Kirkland. Thanks for listening. This is GPS God People Stories, an outreach of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Always good news, Sam.