Jonathan Bellamy spoke to the award-winning songsmith JORDAN ST CYR

Jon: There are a couple of lyrics in your song which seem to take what we're talking about deeper, where you say I can face anything cos you're here with me. I can do all things cos you strengthen me. How confident are you in walking out that, facing anything and doing anything? You're almost saying anything can come my way and I've found something here that I feel is bigger.

Jordan: We've just experienced God in such a bigger way and I didn't know this type of faith or type of God before we went through our trial. It took days and weeks for us to really embrace the pain and the struggle and come to grips with what was happening. But now we look back on this season as an amazing time of God revealing himself in a whole new way to us. So while I look to the future and say I can face anything I don't desire to walk through hurtful things but I feel like I've been given a few more tools. I'm a little more equipped should something come my way again. I have such a confidence, not in myself but in who God is, through the trying times that we encounter. I don't know what's coming but going through what we've been through - and it was such a painful time - I'm very confident in who God is and that he will carry us through.

Jon: I want to ask you about redemption, cos that's another one of your lines, bringing good out of things or restoring to the level that would be redeemed in God. Do you see what is happening with Emery's life and maybe the songs that are coming out of it as how God is at work in using things like this for his glory? And the power of redemption that can come through him being able to use anything?

Jordan: Absolutely. When Emery was first born, and I'm ashamed to say this, I felt that God had given me something that was broken. And to say that about a human being, that's terrible. But I've seen God's redeeming work through this little girl. He used this little girl to reveal the broken parts of my heart and he used her to start healing what I thought was whole. I believe God does his greatest work with the pieces of our lives. When I look at what he did through the life of Jesus and how Jesus gave up his life for us. So I see this thread, how God uses broken things and circumstances that we think are imperfect. Even death - the ultimate brokenness - he uses that for our redemption.

Jon: How do you see Emery now?

Jordan: She is such a blessing. We wouldn't change anything about her. We've learnt too much about who God is. We've become better parents; we've become better spouses because of this little girl. We see our community react around her and I think they are becoming better. We have this amazing story to share with people that has made us more compassionate and empathetic towards people who are going through struggles. God has given us an amazing gift through this little girl. So I'm excited for her life and what she's going to do and the people she is going to impact.

Jon: It may even be that like you with your music and your ministry that more and more of that will happen as a result of God blessing you with Emery and this challenge initially but more for his glory. Let me ask you about that line: "I remember how you showed me the price of my redemption." Can you share with us that day?

Jordan: I grew up at a Christian camp. My Dad played the music there and I was probably five or six years old, really young and really open to what God was saying. I saw this amazing community of believers who really served one another. Their hearts were so open to what God was showing them and I believe that out of that experience while I've grown up and matured in a lot of areas and been able to get a better idea of what that means, it's really stuck with me. I never had a big rebellious phase in my life. It was like God solidified something in my heart as a very young child and he's just taken me from there and we've extended that experience. That's what I hope for my kids; that they would experience God in that way.