Hannah Kerr – This Little Light

CCM: Other than avoiding really bad winters, what was the reason behind the move?
HK: My dad actually moved [to Nashville] for his job. He works in the country music industry, so we moved here for that. It was a complete life change. We moved from upstate New York where we’re basically living in Canada and we moved down to The South. I had no idea what to expect. At first, I had a hard time here, just because I was like, “How do I make friends? This is so different.” In that time, I think God taught me so much about me and taught me a lot about who I am and who He says I am. It was a really special time in my life where I wouldn’t have had that if I still lived a comfortable life in Buffalo.

When He brought me outside my comfort zone in Nashville, that’s when I really started to grow with Him. I can see now how this is part of His plan all along.

CCM: For you, saying, “Who He says I am” carries a lot of weight, as it should, but you seem to be very in tune with the heart behind what you’ve been called to do.
HK: People ask me a lot, “Why are you in Christian music? Why aren’t you wanting to be a country or pop artist?” The answer is always that this is the only path that I could ever see myself going—Christian music gives people a hope for a lifetime. It doesn’t just give them happiness for three minutes. We’re not writing truths that we’ve pulled out of nowhere. Every time I go to write a song, I first start by just reading the Word and asking God what He has to say about it. I’ve never written a song that I didn’t feel like God completely inspired. I think that sets Christian music apart from any other style of music. It’s God-inspired. I love being a Christian music artist for the fact that we are ministering to people. What a blessing and an honor it is for us to have the opportunity to speak into someone’s life that we may never even meet.

That’s really blown my mind this journey—that God can use something small that I can offer Him, and then He can make it into something so much bigger and something that can impact someone’s life. I’ve been blessed so much these past three years by just hearing stories of how God has used me. That’s my prayer—that I would be able to minister to people because God is using me, not because of anything that I’ve done, but only that I’m standing before Him and saying, “God I know You’ve told me that You don’t have to have perfect people, You just need people who are willing to be used.” Christian music has spoken to my heart my whole life, so it’s just cool to be a part of it now.

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