In June this year (2009), I
was asked by my pastor to put music to Scripture, word for word, specifically
to the 15 Songs of Ascents (Psalms 120 to 134). From the start of the first
psalm I worked on (which was Psalm 130) to the completion of the last
one (Psalm 133), I have not ceased to be amazed, for the Lord has given me
melody after melody to fit His Words. I believe this is because we, the
church of Jesus Christ, are entering into a season when these psalms will
become more and more relevant, as we look forward to our Lord’s return. (Please
click here to read more on Songs of Ascents).
I thank my pastor for allowing
the Lord to use him to challenge me to the task. (Your feedback and
guidance were crucial to keeping me on track.) I thank my church for
enthusiastically learning and singing these psalms. (Hearing you sing them
week after week gave me the encouragement to continue writing.) I thank my
husband for providing me with all that I needed to work on these psalms.
(You were the first to have the vision that we would sing straight out of
our Bibles!) I thank my kids for their endless support and love. I thank my
friends (in particular
Pastor Wah Lok and
Rich Moore) for their help,
feedback and encouragement. Most of all, I thank my God, my Lord and Master,
for seeing me fit to be a channel for what He wants to bless the body of
Christ with.
Esther is a fulltime homemaker
and mother of 2 teenagers. In 2006, she established the Malaysian Christian
Songwriters' Network (www.m-csn.com), a website that features Christian
Songwriters in Malaysia and serves as a resource centre to help songwriters.
Email Esther at
mcsn_05@yahoo.com or
admin@m-csn.com
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A special thanks to the following:
To Audrei and Anthea Foong, for
the beautiful violin in Psalms 126 & 133;
To Arianne Tiew, for the lead
vocals in Psalm 128; & the other lovely voices-Sandra Kee,
Alyssa Tiew, Lee Lizanne & Grace Lim;
To Grace Soon, my sister, for
lending her voice to make Psalms 132 & 134 sound more majestic;
To
Rich Moore, for making the
videos and helping with the mixing (you made the psalms sound so
much better!);
