A Christian Contemporary artist turns decades of testimony into a single about courage, timing, and divine calling. The new release draws from the biblical story of Esther to speak directly to women navigating uncertainty and purpose. Available now on Spotify and all major streaming platforms.
Ruby Hayes has announced the release of her new single, “For Such a Time as This (Esther’s Song),” a Christian Contemporary offering built around themes of courage, purpose, and divine timing. Drawing its title and framework from the Old Testament account of Queen Esther, the song speaks to a specific kind of moment, the one where a person realizes their circumstances, however difficult or unlikely, were never accidental. For faith communities, and particularly for women’s ministries, that message carries weight far beyond the runtime of a single track.
Ruby’s voice has always done more than carry melody. It carries testimony. With a decade of active work in the music industry behind her, the singer and songwriter has built a reputation for warmth, expressiveness, and an emotional depth that listeners and critics alike have compared to icons like Phyllis Hyman and Aretha Franklin. That comparison isn’t decorative. It reflects a vocal instrument capable of moving between vulnerability and power within a single phrase, a skill that serves “For Such a Time as This (Esther’s Song)” particularly well, given the emotional distance the track travels between doubt and declaration.
Born in New York City and raised in the Bronx, Ruby’s story did not begin with music. It began with fire, literally. A gas leak destroyed her family’s home when she was young, a tragedy that claimed the life of her older sister Julie, who died from smoke inhalation. Ruby herself suffered third degree burns and a ruptured eardrum that left her permanently deaf in one ear, a loss that complicated the very thing she would later build her life around: hearing and singing musical tone. It is not an exaggeration to say that Ruby’s career exists in spite of an injury designed to make it impossible.
What followed was a long, unglamorous road toward healing, one that started not with songwriting but with journaling. Ruby began putting her grief, her confusion, and her anger onto paper, often directing her hardest questions straight at God. “Why me?” was the question she returned to most. The answer she says she received back, “Why not you? You were made for the fire,” became something closer to a compass than a comfort. That single line reframed her survival not as a tragedy she endured but as a preparation she was living through, a distinction that shapes the emotional architecture of her music to this day.
From journaling came short stories and poetry, and from poetry came melody. Ruby began hearing songs before she could fully write them, melodies shaped by trial, loss, and slow restoration. Her earliest material, by her own account, leaned worldly, reflective of a season when she was still finding her footing. But as her relationship with faith deepened, so did her songwriting, until what emerged was music rooted firmly in inspiration, healing, and testimony. Eventually, Ruby describes being called, in the fullest spiritual sense of the word, to share that testimony publicly, a calling that now extends into a forthcoming book and film project. Her story is featured in the upcoming multi-testimonial release “Hope” Trilogy, published under a subsidiary of TBN, which compiles the accounts of thirty nine born again believers who describe direct spiritual encounters with God. A movie adaptation is also in development.
“For Such a Time as This (Esther’s Song)” sits at the intersection of all of it, the biblical parallel and the personal one. The lyrics open by establishing a theological premise, that God specializes in the impossible, before pivoting into something more intimate: a narrator standing in a place she never expected to be, aware that the path there defies easy explanation. That tension between not understanding and choosing to trust anyway runs through the entire song. It never resolves into certainty. Instead, it resolves into surrender, a decision to move forward in faith even while danger and opposition remain close at hand.
There’s a striking honesty in how the song acknowledges adversity rather than glossing over it. The narrator doesn’t pretend the enemies aren’t real or that the danger has passed. She simply chooses to act despite them, echoing Esther’s own willingness to risk everything for a purpose bigger than her own safety. The song’s most quietly devastating moment comes when the narrator accepts the possibility of loss itself, a nod to Esther’s declaration that she would approach the king even if it cost her life. Framed against Ruby’s own biography, that lyric takes on added dimension. This is not abstract theology. It’s a survivor’s language.
Musically, the track builds around repetition and reassurance, returning again and again to the idea that what was intended for harm can be redirected toward good. That refrain functions almost like a spiritual anchor, something the listener can hold onto even as the verses wrestle with fear and uncertainty. It’s a songwriting choice that mirrors Ruby’s own healing process, where clarity came slowly, but conviction, once found, stayed constant.
“For Such a Time as This (Esther’s Song)” offers an accessible entry point into Ruby Hayes’ story, one that doesn’t require prior context to land emotionally. The song works because it never asks listeners to simply admire Ruby’s resilience from a distance. It invites them to consider their own circumstances, however unlikely or painful, as potential positioning rather than punishment.
“For Such a Time as This (Esther’s Song)” is available now on Spotify and all major streaming platforms.
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2J23YwyaL3bx5h0opMq3Gu
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1894888723
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2t_pPlbHp_E?si=JRDACynlxK0w4f8g
OFFICIAL LINKS:
Artist Ruby Hayes YouTube Channel:
https://youtube.com/@Ruby-Hayes-Recording-Artist
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Contact for Booking Ruby Hayes: Productions@noblechalice.com
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Testimonials Book Release “Hope” Publisher Trilogy Subsidiary of TBN and movie production project contact: Lisa Davis Email: createtoday2017@gmail.com
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Music Prod: Newett Music Studios
Producer: Anthony Newett
Ruby Hayes is currently booking church events, women’s conferences, worship nights, festivals, and faith‑based concerts throughout the Mid‑Atlantic and nationwide.
Booking & Media Inquiries: productions@noblechalice.com
