Jessica Reedy first came to our attention on the national TV competition BET’s Sunday Best. She attended the Season 2 Sunday Best audition in Washington DC on a whim to support a friend. She quickly found herself in the Top 20 onto the show’s main stage performing for judges Mary Mary and Bebe Winans. Reedy made it all the way to finals eventually being named runner up. Throughout that process and the subsequent loss, self-doubt crept in. While Reedy never thought she had the talent to make it, God used the totality of the experience to bring her into her call as both an artist and minister of music.
“My insecurities, my fears, my guilt and pain were all brought before me – the things I thought I had let go. I learned so much about myself during and after Sunday Best. I learned how little my faith was in God and His abilities … in spite of my shortcomings God still proved HIMSELF to me,” said Reedy. “I started discovering how much HE Loved me, cared for me, and how HE thought of me as HIS beloved. I learned how much I didn’t know about myself.”
“The Sunday Best experience changed me tremendously,” she continued. “Being on the Show allowed me to see God like never before … He used the Show to teach me what it really meant when He said ‘I’ll never leave you nor forsake you.’ It marked the beginning of my in depth search to know Christ and why He loves me so much.”
Since the 2009 finale, Reedy has seen God bring her into His promise. She was able to extricate herself from contractual agreements that would allow her to sign a record deal with Light Records and is now poised to release her debut CD in August 2011. It was the time after the finale that has become most transformative for Reedy.
Said Reedy, “I used my time and efforts spent between the Sunday Best Finale and my record deal with Light Records toward my search for answers. I sought God for my true purpose, the vision He had for me to fulfill … ‘why I was selected, what He wanted me to say and do. It was a time full of questions, waiting and of course HIS answers. He brought new people into my life … helped me form a great team … there was a lot of praying, crying, singing, and most importantly learning and listening.”
The end result – a clear direction for her music ministry and artistry. “As a minister of music, HE used that experience to show me how necessary it is to know HIS word … that it is the Word of God that would draw, heal, deliver, protect and save HIS people,” said Reedy. “He’s teaching me about the importance of faith and simply believing and trusting everything HE says.”
There is an impressive quality to Reedy’s artistry that belies her young age. Anchoring it all together is her one-of-a-kind voice and incomparable range. And the minute you hear that low register you know you’re witnessing something pretty special. The command of her gift is amazing as heard on her first radio single, “God Has Smiled On Me.” The unique and absolute beauty of the vocal arrangements makes the track to stand out from anything on Gospel radio today.
The yet untitled debut will feature Reedy’s talents paired with a bevy of producers. Including some of today’s hottest like Shep Crawford (Whitney Houston, Yolanda Adams, Tamia) who produced the single; Warryn Campbell (Mary Mary, Brandy, Kelly Price) will contribute a few songs as well as Jim Wright & Daniel Moore, Aaron Sledge, Mali Music and Claude Kelly.
Jessica Reedy is clearly an original, with a vocal style and personal charisma that is all about love, honesty, praising God and embracing her purpose. “I would have to describe my music as ‘heart songs’ said Reedy. “It’s music from my heart about the One I love the MOST. I don’t really know the style or category it fits in … it’s just me.”
God Has Smiled On Me
Jessica Reedy Lyrics
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He has set me free, oh
God has smiled on me
He's been good to me, oh.
God has smiled on me,
He has set me free, yeah
God has smiled on me
He is the source of my joy
He feels me with His love
Every, every, everything that I ever ever needed
See the Lord he sends it down from above, oh.
God has smiled on me,
He has set me free, yeah
God has smiled on me
He's been good to me.
One day I was in my room and I wasn't feeling you
I said Father are you there
I'm feeling real scared
So I got down on my knees
As I begin to pray
hoping that Lord heard
What I had to see I said
(God, God, God Please Help Me)
I started begging I said
(God, God, God Please Help Me)
pleaded and I got on my knees
(God, God, God Please Smile On Me)
So as I begin to cry he said
I've never left your side I been right here all along
So you can dry your eyes
You seeketh me like I knew you would
Praising me like you know you could
That's when I realized that He's so good,
My God is good, he's been good to me, oh.
He's been good,
(God is so good)
God is so good
(He is so good)
He is good (So good to me) to me
(God oh oh God)
He's been good,
(Thank you for being so good)
God is so good
(God is so good)
He is good (Thank You Father) to me
(He's been, He's been, He's been so good)
He's been good
(He's been so good)
God is so good
'Cause he's been good to me
The song "God Has Smiled on Me" by Jessica Reedy is a gospel song that emphasizes the goodness of God towards the singer. The song begins by saying that God has set the singer free and has been good to her. The next verse goes on to say that God is the source of the singer's joy and fills her with love. The chorus repeats the refrain that God has smiled on the singer and has been good to her.
The second half of the song tells a story of the singer's experience with God. She was feeling scared and alone in her room, and she prayed for God's help. She begged and pleaded, and eventually, she felt God's presence and realized that He had never left her side. She praises God for being so good to her, and the chorus repeats once more.
Overall, the song is a declaration of gratitude and joy at the thought of God's goodness. The singer recognizes that God has blessed her and has been there for her in times of need, and she wants to share her experience with others.
Line by Line Meaning
God has smiled on me
I am blessed and grateful for the good things that have come my way
He has set me free, oh
God has liberated me from my troubles and worries
He's been good to me, oh.
God has showered me with blessings and favor
He is the source of my joy
God is the reason for my happiness and contentment
He feels me with His love
God fills my heart with his unconditional and infinite love
Every, every, everything that I ever ever needed
God has provided me with everything that I have ever wanted or needed
See the Lord he sends it down from above, oh.
God sends blessings from heaven for me to receive
One day I was in my room and I wasn't feeling you
I was feeling disconnected from God and needed to reach out to Him
I said Father are you there, I'm feeling real scared
I prayed to God for comfort and guidance during a difficult time
So I got down on my knees, As I begin to pray
I humbled myself before God and prayed earnestly
hoping that Lord heard What I had to see I said (God, God, God Please Help Me)
I pleaded with God to hear my prayer and answer it
So as I begin to cry he said I've never left your side
God reassured me that he has always been with me, even during my tough times
You seeketh me like I knew you would Praising me like you know you could
God is pleased when I turn to Him and give Him thanks and praise
That's when I realized that He's so good, My God is good, he's been good to me, oh.
I recognized that God is full of goodness and that He has been benevolent to me
God is so good
God's goodness is immeasurable
He is good (So good to me) to me
God's goodness is evident in my life
God oh oh God
An exclamation of reverence and gratitude towards God
Thank you for being so good
Expressing gratitude to God for His goodness
He's been, He's been, He's been so good
Emphasizing God's continued blessings and goodness towards me
Lyrics © FRICON MUSIC COMPANY
Written by: REV. ISAIAH JONES JR.
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@verlinciajones6847
I have always loved Jessica Reedy since Sunday Best and this song is definitely for me.
July 2nd 2020 I was in ICU fighting for my life with Covid a i.v. in my neck, on heated oxygen, had to get bags of plasma, plus was getting my fingers pricked and getting insulin.
I also was going through a horrible heartbreak prier to me getting Covid the man I loved and thought would marry me.
Turned out he never loved me only used me and my family to get on his feet I couldn't believe this christian church man would do me like that.
He was cheating on me the whole time he decided to get back with a woman he dated year's ago in high school behind my back.
He never apologized to me for anything his last words to me was I should try being a Lesbian see how that works out for me.
He laughed in my face then blocked me from Facebook and my phone number.
They moved away together and just had a beautiful wedding May 1st.
What that man did to me I would never do to anyone I was in a dark place for a long time it really messed me up physically and mentally.
I have been praying and asking God to heal my broken heart because I feel like I have lost another loved one.
I'm tired of crying myself to sleep I just want my happiness back my joy back my peace back.
This has really taken a toll on me all I wanted was an apology I don't care about the money that doesn't matter to me.
All though it's been 2 years ago I'm still hurting because I loved that man.
I'm asking anyone who reads this to please pray for me because I don't know what else to do I just want my heart to be healed and move on.
I know this is long but this is my testimony I'm a broken woman I don't understand why any of this had to happen to me 💔💔😭😭
@rachelemarshall7970
I am currently unemployed and received my last check this week in 2024 but yet my heart is filled with praise and not panic.❤ Thank you Jesus never been fired from any job until now been working since the age of 16 I’m approaching 51 . I trust GOD . FAITH without works is what!?! Yes DEAD I accept what ever God sees fit and continue to bless him at all times with praises! In JESUS NAME. AMEN
@krystalmarsaw6076
I had a nervous breakdown in 2014 due to stress and depression felt like giving up many times but God restored my mind with thr help of meds and mental health and supportive fan and friends. I used to ask why me and think things could never get better but God was and is continually smiling on me. Whatever you're facing is no match for God's goodness 🙏🏽
@blessynqueen
Amen 🙏🏽
@tectonicstoedmonds4692
Amen 🙏🏿
@angelialeggett8512
I know where you coming from I was dealing with depression as well it got bad and the meds didn't help me because of the side affects I kept telling God to please help me I couldn't see the light be sure if so much darkness all around BUT GOD pulled me through he saved me from myself I thank God because Im still here to tell my story to people to let them know that God is the one and only to run to when going through I had help from family prayers and inspirational messages I got back in church and Bible study and I make it routine to acknowledge him in everything I do and everywhere I go I speak life over myself and it helps and I'm better so much better than what I use to be so I Thank him for his goodness, grace and mercy following me and favor surrounding me 🙏🏾😇✝️🛐
@yasmeenholt190
I suffer from anxiety and depression I been taken meds for 10 years …😢it’s hard to get off the meds …. Praying that God helps me ❤❤… just felt comfortable telling you my story….
@krystalmarsaw6076
@@yasmeenholt190 the meds help me. Do they help you?
@karenmontgomery7927
I had been battling cancer for the past 8 years yesterday I went for my check up and found that I am cancer free. When I came in the house and turned on my radio this song was playing. All I could do was cry and praise God for his goodness for me.
@tashamack4978
Thank you God! I'll dance for you Karen!
@cailishapetty2519
Karen Montgomery To GOD be the Glory!!! What a blessing. May your life continue to be blessed. I celebrate with you!