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"Keep On" by Heather Pillsbury: Let His Love Lead You


The song "Keep On" by Heather Pillsbury started in her classroom. Heather is a teacher-musician, and she encourages others to stay the course. At the same time she was quietly feeling discouraged about her own life. Heather shares: "This song became my reminder that the breakthrough often comes right after the hardest stretch of the journey."

Heather Pillsbury - Keep OnThe lyrics read like the letter to God, acknowledging the world's attempts to tarnish God's name, and she admits that she too isn't blameless. Despite all of this, Heather points out that God never gave up! The lyrics of this song draw on the promise found in Galatians 6:9: "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."

Heather opens the song with brutal candor, "I have added to the slander, fanned the flames." She adds: "You were calling me Your daughter long before I called You Gentle Father." This re-frames each of our "failures" as an opening toward deeper praise. Instead of driving a victory lap after each win, the chorus suggests a better way to celebrate these wins: "keep on, keep on, keep on praising." After more than one teary commute, Heather realized that breakthroughs rarely arrive with fireworks. They actually ride in on the next stubborn hallelujah. 

So, when your past seems to be shouting louder than your future, may this song remind you to keep walking in faith, even when you can't yet see the outcome. You're never walking alone! God's faithfulness is always at work, even in the waiting. So stream it, sing it, and drive your neighbors crazy with it, but just don't give up before the harvest.

(Related scripture: Galatians 6:9; Romans 5:8; Romans 8:28)

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