Unceasing Love is my first album. Writing each song has brought so many feelings that I’ve had to bring to the submission of what God has to say about me. You’re not enough, you don't have the best voice, you ignored your piano skills for far too long and don’t play perfectly. The truth is that on my own, my skills are not always enough. I will probably never sound like some of the popular artists you know and love and I'm okay with that. I won’t always have flashy sound effects and sound loops. I’m not an entertainer or a performer. I am a worshipper who may produce songs that are 15-minutes long because I’ve entered into the presence of God, and couldn't cut that out of the final edits. I will bring you into the throne room of God with me, if you let me.
If you haven’t encountered God in His secret place of worship, it’s where He meets you just as you are. If you find yourself thinking that you once knew God, pondering all of your mistakes, or haven’t had the true pleasure of meeting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, He wants nothing more than to welcome you into His loving arms.
In God’s presence is where you will find restoration, peace, comfort and unconditional love. My goal with Unceasing Love is to bring heaven down with you in your cars, homes and anywhere in between.
My personal encounters with God have come from places of heartache, stubbornness, rebellion, pain, success, failure, grief, loss, love and the ever-loving kindness of my Savior, who has loved me through it all. In 2016, I was at a very difficult place in my life. I found a YouTube video of a little girl playing the piano like I used to as a child, and God convicted me right then. I heard that still small voice say, “don't waste what you have. Don't let all the years you put into training and what I've given you go to waste.”
I began learning how to play the piano at five years old, and the violin shortly after. I was always on the worship team at church or the chorus at school. I also took voice lessons throughout high school. As a teenager, I trained in classical piano and competed at state and regional levels. I won awards and had the opportunity to pursue music professionally. All of it seemed like no big deal and I took it all for granted. I didn't realize then what God had given me and that He had plans to use it.
I began to focus on my own life pursuits and that love of music slipped away. I went for many years without even touching a piano and only singing at the top of my lungs driving down the highway. I focused on my career and family, and forgot that music was once a very big part of my life. One week after God spoke to me, I bought a used piano off Craigslist and the rest is history. God starting downloading songs into me and I began to sing like I hadn't in years.
I took the time to learn how to play chords again. I had trained mostly in classical music and had almost forgotten how to read notes. I started the long process of re-learning how to play piano again, and I’m so glad I did.
It’s with great excitement that I share the release of this album. The anticipation has been building for quite some time. I have poured the last 3 years of my life into developing this project, with a little bit of patience, many late nights, some procrastination, lots of coffee, a few tears and a ton of God's grace. I hope you will join me on this journey and that God shows his Unceasing Love through each song.
God loves you! If He can love me, then I KNOW He can love anyone! My heart is for you to know Him intimately, in relationship, without religion. My heart is to be able to help bring you to the place of sincere worship, breathed upon by the Holy Spirit. I hope you will join me in His presence. When we are not enough, God is faithful.
-Lara Williams