What can I say? Mandisa has a very special place in my family's heart.
I popped her brand new album, Out of the Dark, into the CD player as I headed out to do some errands last week. And before I had gotten to the end of the driveway, I was fighting back tears. The hot stormy kind that refuse to be thwarted.
For the first track, 'Voicemail,' crashed right on into my soul.
Big time.
'Cause I know what it's like to hit bottom.
There's some beautiful music here. Songs of worship, of deliverance, songs of the brokenhearted, of the redeemed.
And as I tooled around town that morning, I claimed 'Comeback Kid' as an ode to my own incredible grandchildren.
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Mandisa's last album was released in 2013. She wrote the hit song Overcomer to encourage her close friend Kisha, who was battling breast cancer. Mandisa believed that God was going to heal her, but when Kisha went to be with Jesus in 2014, Mandisa’s foundation was shaken in a way she never expected.
She fell into a deep pit of depression for close to three years, shutting out her friends, family, and the rest of the world.
She tells her story to ABC's 'Good Morning America' here.
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| December 2014 |
Meanwhile ...
In the midst of Mandisa's suffering, our family claimed Overcomer as 'Tyler's Song' with a touching video of his story made by big sister, Kathryn. It was her sweet gift of hope, honoring her adored adopted brother's fight for his life.
The Lord took our youngest grandson home to heaven in September of 2015, but not before he ... and his sister's little video ... powerfully impacted lives right and left around the globe.
Kathryn's moving video is here and Tyler's mom and dad share their family's story there.
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| Summer 2015 |
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Fast forward a year or so ...
Mandisa believes that if she continued down the dark path she was on, she
would not be here today. But God stepped in and lifted her out of that pit of despair by
using her close friends to communicate their love for her and God’s love for
her. Mandisa's brand new album is her way of letting all of us into her redemption story.
I'm absolutely delighted to give a brand new copy of Out of the Dark to one random person who leaves a comment on this post by Thursday, May 25th at 10 am {eastern time, continental US residents only, please}.
Bless yourself ... or someone who's walking through a dark night of the soul.
For Jesus' sake.
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