Jason Gray - 'Not Right Now' (Story Behind The Song)

Jason Gray tells the story behind his song "Not Right Now"

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[alegriabalboa]

Five years ago this song gave my feelings words & a melody. It also caused me to chill a bit & realize there can be life after trauma, someone has felt what I was feeling, gone through hard times & is alive & can even sing about it. It gave me hope in desperate times. I pray it does still for others now. It’s on my playlist & I listen nightly & have asked others to listen & NOT offered advise, just requested they listen to this song.

[low]

It's been seven years since my husband died. Not once in seven years has anyone just hugged me and let me cry. I wish so much that someone would be strong for me for a little while.

[ADayInLisasLife]

I've listened to this story before, and I adore Andy. Sometimes a hug is so healing. No words, just a touch.

My husband and I have met Jason. We thought he would be humble and we found he was. We talked to him about how important this song has been to us.

[katerehagen]

I heard Jason tell this story at a concert in St. Louis, and it revolutionized how I comfort people and myself. I try to avoid platitudes and critical analysis until they say "Okay, I'm ready to delve into this pain." Holding space for someone isn't easy because I want to save them. I want them to feel good all of the time. Heck, I want to cheer myself up when I am grieving, but it works against me every time. Thank you for sharing this story, your hurt, and your friend's powerful actions, Jason. They have completely changed how I think about and interact with grief.

[joy]

Thank you, Jason, for being vulnerable and for not being afraid to share your truth.

[stephaniemanges]

as i listen to this story, i too am wordless...

[GregAitchison]

WOW. This was beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing and, of course, for writing the song. Please keep up the great work for the Lord!

[loislane]

Love the song came across it on spotify a couple of months back, I lost my Dad quite suddenly in July and it's been heart wrenching ever since. My husband and I run a youth group and my Dad helped out, we were doing a bible study on Job so thank you for sharing this story!!

[karenna]

I am the female version of Job. My sweet hubby and I joke that I have my own little black cloud that follows me everywhere I go. I can so identify with this song! It has touched my soul as only very few songs have and it makes me cry. God is using you to reach others and help them. Thank you for this song ♥

[chadteresakurtz]

God Bless you, Jason! Thank you for this beautiful moving song!!

[andrewmcmillan]

Glad I'm a hugger!! Thus is great testimony

[PhoebeJaneway]

And remember at the beginning? Job's friends actually did the right thing. They stayed with him for 7 days, just sitting there with him on his roof in silence...they ARE really good friends....but their explanations are just weak attempts, struggling human beings trying to understand or explain YHWH's ways....
and in the end God tells them that the friends did the wrong thing and that Job in all his outright anger and in all his reproach for God, that he actually did the right thing. What an awesome God we have!

[AndiSchneider]

I just turned 30 three days ago, and it has been a joke since I was young that the best way to describe me was as the female Job...because all the bad that can go bad does. I started down a road with anorexia, cutting, and attempted suicide at fifteen and didn't stop until I was 23...during that time my mom died of alcoholism, I was raped, and the friends I had said I wasn't strong enough in my faith and walked away. I met my husband at 23, a great man except when he falls into a bottle. After my recovery started it became apparent something was wrong, and I was diagnosed with two stomach diseases that are destroying my organs, leaving me dependent on a central line in my chest to get what I need to survive. We were blessed with our son when they told us we would never survived...we proved them wrong. My son is beautiful, but people judge him because he is special needs and it hurts my heart that they look at my four your old the way they do. I stumbled onto this song during a bad season of life...my husband is in prison, I'm sick, and I'm taking care of our baby the best I can. Everyone wants to remind me of my responsibilities, tell me scripture, tell me how to handle everything, I just have to hold it together, and be positive. Sometimes I pray they would understand I need them to be okay with the fact that I am not, to sit with me and just be rather than try to tell me what I have to do. Thank for this, constantly feeling like I am letting everyone down led me to slip with cutting again and everyone just says I'm a bad person or parent for doing it...my son wasn't in the house, I was alone after just finding out I wouldn't see my husband for another year.

[rmbeavers]

I just had the pleasure of hearing you sing live at the Beautiful Offerings Tour in Urbana, IL.  What a treat, just got home.  Is there any chance you can tell me what the song was that you played directly after "Not Right Now"?