When you are hurting

We all have hurt, we all need support and encouragement

“When You Are Hurting” is a song written and sung by Mark Payne, speaking openly about internal hurt and pain — something I have also been walking through in my own life.

Music has been a passion throughout my whole life, but the last four years brought a period of deep isolation. In that time, I made a contract with God: that I would do something to develop my music every single day. Four years later, I’ve kept that promise, and it has carried me through some very difficult moments.

Around the same time, Mark asked God to introduce him to a producer or a record label. In a chance encounter — when I decided to attend a church service for the first time in four years — Mark and I met. That meeting became the beginning of Harmonious Devon, a place for music, healing, and expression.

“When You Are Hurting” is the first of a large catalogue of songs Mark has written, and the first he has asked me to produce and release for him. It marks the start of a journey for both of us: Mark sharing his heart through song, and me stepping into the role God placed in front of me.