Psalm 13

Psalm 13 is the text of my pastor’s sermon this week.

In searching for a song that would go with that text, I came across this gem.

Psalm 13 - Alisa Turner

I had never heard of Alisa Turner. She has had many opportunities to lament in her life - the loss of her father at a young age, a debilitating illness, and the tragic loss of a baby who lived little more than an hour after his birth.

Alisa reveals her psalmist‘s heart as quoted in “The Heartbreaking, Hopeful Story of Alisa Turner”

“I think the Lord created me this way, drawn in by the emotion that comes with music,” she says. “When I sit down at the piano, He always uses it to draw me back, to awaken the dreamer, and I always leave different than when I came. I leave different knowing He sees me, He is with me, He is my hope.”


If all goes as planned, a little group of us will gather at Sardis UMC in the Chastain Park neighborhood of Atlanta on Sunday, June 28, for the first in-person worship service in almost four months.

We will sit outside, and instead of leading singing I’ll use my trusty iPhone to play music. Three of the four songs are ones I picked that  blessed and encouraged me as I blogged about music during the fifty days of Easter. You can find out more about them by checking on the links below.

O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing

Jesus Paid It All

Way Maker