You came and led worship in our church that morning. There was a spirit about you like none I have witnessed, humility of a true servant of God is how i received it. It has always stuck out in my mind, being a musician also, it is rare to find. You were not fake and there was no show, it was true worship of God.

ok to the present. January 7th 2011 my wife left and took our 3 children (5, 3, & 1 years old) 900 miles away, after 9 years of marriage. Later finding out there was someone else. I have been dancing with depression and thoughts of there is no reason for me to live; as I lived for my family. Which I realize it not God’s will for me, I should have been living for Him. But I cannot deal with the pain of the loss of everything of value to me.

God has illuminated to me a lot of my faults and how much I have contributed, and I am trying to hang on to the Lord and realize it is not over until He says so.

Your posts have helped me and I thank you also for still keeping it real. So here this is years later and your words are ministering to me – both on this page and in your songs. I am starting to get more out of the songs now then I did before. Probably because there is more of Him and less of me these days.

I love you brother, I hope we can meet again one day.

Should I tell them?

Shaun…your transparency takes my breath away. I see more of God and His Kingdom in your vulnerability and shared journey than I’ve seen in a long.long.time. You’re a good man. And I’m so thankful for your words, music, and testimonies.

Sharing your life the way you do encourages, uplifts, gives faith to and maybe even saves others. So thank you, brother. You’re a blessing.

Erin

I’ve been meaning to write for several weeks now to say thank you for sharing your journey through, what I have called for myself, “the black ugly” About a month and 1/2 ago, I woke up to the start of three weeks of a heavy depression I couldn’t describe. Some of it was as a result of decisions I’d made in life, but I also believe it was fires sent from the enemy, allowed by God to complete a picture I still haven’t found the fullness of yet. It was all I could do to put one foot in front of the other, it was so suddenly debilitating.

About that time I wandered over here to your blog, a place I hadn’t come to in awhile. You were coming out of your own ‘black ugly’ and were being brave enough to write about it. It was this post, about Becky, that God used to teach me how to walk, when all I wanted to do was stay under the covers. Hearing how Becky made you go through the motions, made you read books and pull weeds- resonated with my spirit. God showed me that if I was going to walk out of ‘the black ugly,’ I had to simply walk through each day best I could.

I know you say here Becky saved you. Please let her know she also helped save an East Texan who is single, without a helpmate, and who needed her wisdom. Thanks again for sharing- your testimony truly transformed what was also a dark time for me.

“They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.” Revelation 12:11