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In two decades, Grammy-nominated Christian music band MercyMe<\/a> has had 28 songs reach the top of the Billboard charts. The band has crafted a musical legacy<\/a> that revolves around their willingness to get personal with their fans, and their latest single, \u201cEven If,\u201d off the band\u2019s ninth studio album Lifer<\/em>, is no exception. <\/p>\n

Lead singer Bart Millard says that the song emerged from his journey caring for his 15-year-old son, Sam, who was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at two years old. The opening lyrics of the tune — I’ve stood on this stage night after night\/ Reminding the broken it’ll be alright\/ But right now, oh right now I just can’t — encapsulate the helplessness<\/a> he felt caring for a child with a chronic illness. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was one of those days,\u201d Millard tells Guideposts.org of why he wrote \u201cEven If.\u201d\u201cWe had his six month checkup and the checkup may have gone fine, I don’t remember. I just know that it’s like going to the principal’s office, it’s never really good,\u201d Millard says. \u201cIt’s just a harsh reminder that our life revolves around this\u2026 disease.\u201d <\/p>\n

He and his wife recently calculated how many insulin shots they\u2019ve given their son: \u201cOver 37,000 shots in his life so far,\u201d Millard says. \u201cWhenever food goes in his mouth, a shot goes in his arm or his leg. We call it the new normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though the family has developed a routine over the past 13 years, Millard says that as a parent, managing a child\u2019s chronic illness can lead to feelings of guilt and shame. <\/p>\n

\u201c[Sam\u2019s] had it since he was two, so he doesn’t really remember anything other than this. This is all he’s known, and for the most part, he’s felt great, but as a mom and a dad, it’s crucifying us daily,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou always have the enemy saying, \u2018You’re not a good enough parent. You could’ve done something better,\u201d Millard explains. He started the non-profit organization Imagine A Cure when his son was first diagnosed to help combat juvenile diabetes\u2014 and those feelings. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you first find out, part of that is what gets you through — you want to fight back and you want to put your effort into a worthy cause,\u201d Millard says. \u201cI remember when we were diagnosed, we were like, \u2018We’re going to find a cure, we’re going to find a cure.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

After talking with his son, however, Millard reevaluated the need for a charity with his son as the focus.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter years, you’re like, \u2018You know what? I do not doubt there’ll be a cure, but I realize that we’re going to enjoy every second of life and make our kid feel normal.\u2019 Sam didn’t want to be a poster child, he didn’t want to be an agenda, and it really hit me as a dad, it was, \u2018You know what? Then we’re not going to do it anymore.\u2019 We’re just going to be parents; you’re going to be our son.\u201d <\/p>\n

Instead, Millard decided to use his platform to do something just as important as raising money and creating awareness for the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I say get the message out, it’s not to create awareness of diabetes,\u201d Millard says. \u201cIf you don’t know what diabetes is, or some form of it, you’ve been under a rock. But what we’ve learned is that God\u2019s given us a voice to help people who have kids or have diabetes have this sense of not being alone. With a chronic illness, sometimes there’s nothing that makes you feel more alone than thinking you’re the only one wrestling with this.\u201d <\/p>\n

Millard insists on sharing the journey with fans because of all the advice and support people have given to him over the years, including his friend and fellow Christian artist, Tim Timmons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Timmons was diagnosed with a terminal form of cancer over 15 years ago and Millard sought out his advice. <\/p>\n

\u201cI ended up unloading on him like, \u2018Man, I’m done with this. I can’t play this ‘God is good all the time’ crap anymore, honestly, because I don’t feel like that right now,\u2019\u201d Millard recalls. \u201cI mean, I don’t know what the thorn in Paul’s side was, but mine is believing that God can heal my son but won’t. So it was just a tough day.\u201d <\/p>\n

Timmons was able to give Millard some words of wisdom from his own experience<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was going off like, \u2018You don’t even know what it’s like to have a chronic illness!\u2019 and he’s just grinning at me. He’s like playing piano like he’s Liberace over there, like a lounge singer. I thought he was mocking me,\u201d Millard says. <\/p>\n

After Millard left the singer\u2019s house, Timmons sent him what would become the base of the first verse in \u201cEven If.\u201d He had been writing down everything Millard told him and crafting it into a song. He also shared two lines that would become the chorus — I know you’re able\/ I know you can \u2013 words Timmons had written when he was coming to terms with his own illness years ago.
\nMillard knew he had to use it to sing about his own journey and he wanted the song to have a hopeful vibe \u2013 regardless of how defeated he was feeling. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s got a theme of victory,\u201d Millard says. Despite still having hard days, it\u2019s that sense of optimism and faith that\u2019s helped him accept and embrace his son\u2019s illness and he hopes his music will lift up others going through their own dark days. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news is my relationship with Christ is not based on how I feel,\u201d Millard says. \u201cHe’s got really broad shoulders, so I have this amazing ability to cling to him and gripe the whole way sometimes. With songs like Even If,\u2019 we’ve had so many people say, \u2018I’ve got an uncle, I’ve got a son, I’ve got a parent,\u2019 whatever. Anytime you find community and a chance to relate and just kind of let it roll off your chest a little bit, it’s a good thing. That’s the way we’ve gotten through is community. It’s what the body of Christ is supposed to do.\u201d <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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