Written by Nashville songwriters Kim Williams and Doug Johnson, this narrative number about the redemption of a prostitute was the 2003 Country Music Association Song of the Year.
The song was released on the inspirational record label Word Records, and it became the first Christian label release to reach #1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart. It was Travis' sixteenth #1 single in total, and his first since "Whisper My Name" in 1994. It was also Travis' highest charting single to date on the Hot 100.
The story recounted in this song is symbolic of Travis' own conversion. He explained to Christian Music Today: "I came from a background that was heavy with drugs and alcohol and arrests. I've heard people speak about how a vision or something hit them, like a light turned on, right then and there. For me, I was into my early twenties, and I went to bed one night and just started reading the Bible. That's how the slow process of coming to understand that I needed to know more about the Word of God began, and then coming to the point of accepting Christ and water baptism."
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