David Leonard released "The Day Is Coming" on New Music Friday - and for anyone who has followed his family's journey this year, those four words carry a weight no press release could fully capture.
The single dropped June 27. On his Facebook post announcing it that morning, Leonard wrote simply: "New song out Tonight!! The Day Is Coming!!! Go listen to it!!" - three exclamation points, one man barely able to contain himself.
You understand why when you know the story.
In late March 2026, Leonard's seven-year-old daughter River was rushed to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital after fluid built up around her heart. Within days, her condition had escalated into a life-threatening emergency. "Y'all, today our little one is fighting for her life," Leonard posted. "We are in need of what only the Father can do. Lord bring a miracle."
The prayers came. And River improved steadily, day by day. After 10 days in the hospital, doctors released her to go home. "We are going home," Leonard said in an emotional video. "This is the last video from the ledge."
Two months later, David Leonard is standing on a desert road in the artwork for "The Day Is Coming" - hat on, guitar slung over his shoulder, looking like a man who walked through the valley and came out the other side still believing.
Leonard rose to prominence as co-founder of the GRAMMY-nominated worship duo All Sons & Daughters, before launching a solo career marked by deep personal honesty - his 2025 album Just Jesus was inspired by River's first health battle years earlier.
As a GMA Dove Award-winning producer and songwriter, his credits include "Great Are You Lord," "Hold On," and "Then Christ Came" - songs that have become staples of corporate worship worldwide.
"The Day Is Coming" sounds like what happens when a man survives something impossible and finds he still has a song to sing. It's hope - not the abstract kind, but the kind that has been forged. Stream it now on all major platforms.
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