From the Space Center Houston came this message: “Good morning! That song was our wake-up call for Rick. It was ‘God of Wonders’ by Steve Green.” Rick Husband was captain of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
An answer came back from Rick, “Good morning Houston. Thank you. We can really appreciate the lyrics of that song up here. We look out the window and see that God truly is a God of wonders!” That was the conversation between Mission Control from Houston, Texas, and Rick Husband, Commander of the space crew as they orbited the earth in the Space Shuttle Columbia. This was Rick’s second voyage during which that song had been played in space.
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A few days later, on Feb. 1, 2003, as Columbia was coming home, President Bush declared to the world, “In the skies today we saw destruction and tragedy. Yet, farther than we can see there is comfort and hope. In the words of the prophet Isaiah, ‘Lift your eyes and look on the heavens. Who created all these? He who brings out the starry hosts one by one and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.’ (NIV) The same Creator who names the stars also knows the names of the seven souls we mourn today. The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth; yet we can pray that all are safely home.”
While entering the earth’s atmosphere, only 16 minutes before touchdown, Columbia had disintegrated and fallen in bits and pieces over the southern part of the United States.
Following is the story behind the song, that meant so much to Rick Husband.
The writing of it, in 1999, was a joint effort by Marc Byrd and Steve Hindalong.
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Hindalong was from California and Byrd was from Eldorado, Arkansas.
During an interview Marc said to me, “I grabbed my Bible on a Friday in 1999, and spent the entire weekend reading the Psalms and singing to God with a childlike heart. The beginning of ‘God of Wonders’ came out of the Psalms during that weekend. I had the music and a few phrases, one of which was ‘You are holy.'”
Hindalong said, in another interview, “Marc brought me the music for ‘God of Wonders,’ and as I strummed the chord progressions the hair stood up on my arms. I told Marc, ‘This song sounds as if it should be… ‘God of wonders, beyond all galaxies.'”
Steve continued, “It took us several days, working together, to finish the song. I mostly wrote the lyrics and Marc the music.”
God of wonders beyond our galaxy,
You are holy, holy
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The universe declares Your Majesty.
You are holy, holy
Lord of Heaven and earth,
Lord of Heaven and earth.
While talking with Marc, and as he was reflecting on the events connected with Space Shuttle Columbia, he remarked, “We heard about the playing of our song in space and thought, ‘Whoa! that’s really cool!'” To which I replied, “That’s more than cool, son. That is awesome! That beats cool all to pieces.” Marc laughed and readily agreed.
“The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament showeth His handiwork.” -Psalm 19:1
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