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| About the Artist |
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I was born in Moscow. My parents did not believe in God for
they were "enlightened" and educated people. As a child, I read the book
named "The Entertaining Bible."
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The author of this book mocked at the Scripture and
tried to prove that what is written there was not worth to be believed
in. But anyway, from that book I learned something about Bible heroes,
and it was interesting.
As a secondary school student, I got interested in "spiritual"
books telling about the "karma" of man, reincarnation, etc. I believed
all of these things very much, but I remained lonely anyway. I entered
an institute and started living an energetic student's life with parties,
gatherings, and many people around. I thought I finally found what I had
been looking for, but I was mistaken. I gradually realized that neither
friends nor relationships with a girl could make me happier. It was a sheer
disappointment.
When I was a second-year student, I "accidentally" (as I
thought" met American missionaries. They talked to students, invited them
to train together, and after trainings talked to them about God and the
Bible. I was rather sceptical and did not agree with them, trying to prove
that my understanding of the world and God is more right. I even suspected
that they were spies using the Bible as a cover and trying to find something
out. But one of the missionaries spent much time talking to me personally.
I saw in this person love and a sincere desire to help; I was very surprised
because was never treated like that.
For next two years I have been living the way I used to live
before, though I was more thinking and trying to read and understand the
Bible. One of my fellow students attended Bible classes and got to believe
in Christ. He started attending a church, and he invited me to go there
with him. I came to the church and listened to a sermon. I did not really
like it from the first time, but something made me to come there again.
Suddenly I realized what Jesus had done for me, I understood that the Cross
and God's love were absolutely real.
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I just could not live the way I used to, I had to choose.
And I made my choice. Now when I look back I can see that God led me to
him in a miraculous way. When this happened, my family was afraid that
I got trapped into a sect and would get insane. Then my parents saw that
my attitude to them changed: I stopped quarreling with them and started
treating them with more respect. Thay even visited the church and liked
it.
When I came to Christ, I felt the desire to sing about him.
Songs started coming to me, and I sang them to my friends at the church.
Then I gace a concert in the church; after the concert people started asking
me to listen to my records. This is how I got an idea to record an album.
I prayed, "Lord, if you you want these songs that you gave me to be heard
by your children, please help me record them." I bought a tape by "Druzhki"
and fell in love with their music; I dreamed to record songs together with
them. I met these guys in two years. The Lord gave me finances and arranged
everything in a wonderful way. In May, 1999, I produced the album "Love
is a Secret."
I am happy that I can tell about God and about my relationships
with him through my songs; I am glad if my songs support somebody and give
them hope and strength. I know that God really loves me and will be near
me in any problems and troubles that might (and sometimes do) happen. This
is how his supernatural love is being expressed.
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