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In 1996, a musician named Bob Carlisle was preparing to release a new
album entitled, Shades of Grace. The producers realized this album was one
song short so they sent Carlisle digging for another piece of music. He knew
of one song but had no intentions of putting it on an album. It was a song
he had put together a year earlier for his 16-year-old daughter, Brooke.
Until that time, the song existed only on an audiocassette that she carried
around as an expression of her father’s love. Putting it on that album to
fill an empty spot seemed like the right thing to do, so with Brooke’s
consent, the world was introduced to Butterfly Kisses. By 1997, it was one
of the most requested songs in America and became Bob Carlisle’s signature
song. Isn’t it amazing how some treasures are found? The success of
Butterfly Kisses was primarily an accident. It was accidently moved from a
teenager’s backpack, to the top of nearly every music chart in America.
Although very few of us will ever have a similar experience, the history of
this song reminds all of us that God is full of surprises. |