How does a person find peace when everything around him is communicating, “Nobody cares about me. Nobody loves me”?
That’s the question Bart Millard, the lead singer of the popular Christian band MercyMe, had to answer. The lyrics for his number-one Christian song I Can Only Imagine were an expression of love toward his Heavenly Father … and an earthly father who filled Bart’s life with suffering.
Bart’s father had been a sweet and loving man until he was hit by a truck while working for the highway department.