Virginia Leigh "Ginny" Owens is a contemporary Christian music singer/songwriter who is also blind. Owens had three albums chart on Billboard albums charts in the late 1990s and 2000s. She is best known for the song "If You Want Me To".
Owens was born in Jackson, Mississippi, with poor eyesight and has been blind since the age of two. She earned her bachelor of music education in 1997 from Belmont University, but found that most people were skeptical about hiring a blind music teacher. She entered the music business by writing songs for Michael Puryear's Final Four Publishing, which led to a number of labels competing for her, before she chose Rocketown Records. She concentrated in singing and songwriting and began making CDs, and has been producing them since 1999 with Rocketown Records, a label under Michael W. Smith. Owens won the Nashville "Lilith Fair '99 Talent Search", which earned her a spot singing at that year's festival, and the following year performed at the Sundance Film Festival.
I have no words to offer,
They simply get in the way.
When I try to explain You,
There's nothing sacred left to say--
You are who You are,
And You always will be,
So here is my prayer--
Let them hear You through me,
Let Your words be mine.
Let them see that Your love
Is the reason I'm inspired,
And when given the choice,
May they recognize Your voice.
Let them hear You through me, O Lord.
I don't have all the answers,
All I know is what You've shown,
And I'm longing for those moments
When You'll make Your mysteries known.
Till then, I will be,
Who You've called me to be,
So again, hear my prayer
Let them hear You through me,
Let Your words be mine.
Let them see that Your love
Is the reason I'm inspired,
And when given the choice,
May they recognize Your voice.
Let them hear You through me, O Lord.
And may I always know
That words are not enough
Let them hear You through me,
Let Your words be mine.
Let them see that Your love
Is the reason I'm inspired,
And when given the choice,
May they recognize Your voice.
Let them hear You through me, O Lord