Leanna Crawford looks back on her story with an immense amount of gratitude on “Thank God.” Reflecting on all the times her prayers seemingly went unanswered and all the moments doors were closed or blessings were delayed, the songstress is thankful she didn’t get her way.
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Taking her mother’s sage advice in the first verse, the rising songstress recognizes God’s plans are always better than our own.
“When I look back on my life, I can’t help but thank God for all the times that He said ‘no’ or ‘not yet’ or ‘I’ve got something better for you.’ If it was up to me, my life would look a whole lot different. And even though I’ve experienced hard, messy, human seasons, I can look back now and see that God was using all of it,” Crawford shares. “If you’ve been in that season, or you’re in that season right now, know that God will not waste your pain. And I pray that one day, you too, can look back and say, ‘Thank God.’”
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Crawford wrote the bright, country-tinged confessional with Aaron Robertson and Ran Jackson. Following her breakout hit, “Still Waters (Psalm 23),” and diaristic follow-up “Honest,” “Thank God” serves as the title cut of her sophomore album, releasing July 24, 2026. She chronicles the road that led to her second LP across an original series on YouTube, giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at her life and career, from growing up in Washington state to marrying NBA star Cody Zeller to fulfilling a lifelong dream of becoming a chart-topping artist.
The buzzworthy singer-songwriter performed “Thank God” at the Kickoff Concert during the 2026 K-LOVE Fan Awards Weekend. She’ll appear on the second sold-out night of “K-LOVE Live at Red Rocks” on Aug. 5 alongside MercyMe, Katy Nichole, Jon Reddick and Benjamin William Hastings.
