SGReporter: We have read and heard about your deep depression four years ago. Your own public testimony talks about a time when you even wanted to die. We've heard you say that you were "out of hope." What pulled you through?
KT: God began to show me his grace. He actually spoon fed me that Grace. He knew the condition I was in,.. He knew just what I could take at that particular time. In a conference room in Kingsport Tennessee, laying on the floor, while six pastors was praying around me.. God showed me in a vision, no
joke. A real vision that the road before me would be a hard one. I would have to climb and dig just to exist. But he showed me that he would be with me. In the vision that morning I met Jesus face to face.. He wrapped his arms around me and told me he loved me over and over, and assured me over and over that he would be with me. I got up out of the floor a changed man, in that the depression that I had been under was lifted from me. The problem that got me to that point was still there, but I knew there was hope of existence after that moment.
SGReporter: So.. for you.. "deliverance" is an ongoing work.. a continuing process?
KT: When I am asked to give my testimony, I always say that "deliverance" from my issue is a long long long journey, and that every day I have to depend upon the Grace of God to get me thru. Every day, every hour, sometimes every five minutes. And God has been faithful. I know that this is pretty heavy dialog compared to what you usually read or here from a Gospel Singer. But I know God has not allowed the past 5 years to happen for no apparent reason. I know I have a message. I know more now about the Grace of God than I ever have. And it's my goal to extend Grace to others as I have been blessed.
SGReporter: Kirk.. it's been a long five years for you,.. and I'm sure there will always be another reporter with more questions. But if this were your final interview on the matter.. how would you sum up this part of your life?
KT: I have been honest about my struggles. I haven't sugar coated it and just called it a "mistake". I hope I can extend some care to someone who is struggling with any complex issue in their life. Just last night I spoke with a pastor who had me come to his church. After my concert there, he was able to minister to three people in his congregation who had secretly been struggling with the same issue. They would have never opened up to him, had they not heard my testimony and realized that someone else, even someone well known, someone in the spotlight
had personal struggles themselves.
SGReporter: It seems that your new single release.. Faithful.. just might be the perfect song.. at just the right time. Not only for you.. but for all of us.
KT: God's been Faithful.. I'll sing it wherever I get the chance. I'll tell it to the ones who won't share the stage with me at this point. I'll still say God is faithful wherever I can. In the midst of great struggle, God is Good, and he is Faithful.
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