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"Lilies" by Toni LaShaun: How Scripture Inspired a Song of Surrender


Toni LaShaun - LiliesToni LaShaun’s “Lilies” is deeply personal, born out of her lifelong battle with anxiety. Toni shares: "Anxiety and I go way back. It’s something I’ve battled for most of my life — sometimes silently, sometimes desperately — but always knowing that there had to be more peace than panic, more purpose than fear." Through prayer and therapy, she feels more equipped and stronger to face it.

It was during one of those raw, still-struggling/still-trusting moments that this song came to life.

During her Bible study one day, she came across Luke 12, a passage she’d read countless times, and this time something had changed. Verses 25–26 called her out. “Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? And if worry can’t accomplish a little thing like that, what’s the use of worrying over bigger things?” (Luke 12:25–26 NLT) Verse 27 struck her: “Look at the lilies and how they grow…”

She realized how God clothes flowers in beauty without them striving or stressing. They simply exist, and He provides. That revelation sparked melody, which developed into a quiet reminder that if God cares for lilies, He surely cares for us.

Together with her friend Zelda, Toni poured this reminder into the lyrics, making this a song of surrender, trust, and faith over fear. “When my peace is torn into pieces // I look at the lilies // See how they grow // They don't work, they don't worry // Yet they're royally clothed"

Ending with Toni’s words: “Now, when I have a “small faith moment” — when the what-ifs and worst-case scenarios start creeping in — I go back to this truth: If God cares for the lilies, He will certainly care for me. 
This song is a reminder to breathe, to believe, and to know that the God who makes the flowers bloom in beauty hasn’t forgotten about you.”

"If you care for the lilies // That are gone in a day // Then I don't have to worry // So when I question my faith // I look at the lilies"

(Related scripture: Luke 12:27-28; Matthew 6:25-26; Isaiah 41:10)

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