A Blessing Is in It: How God Led an Alcoholic, Fame-seeking Songwriter into Nursing Home Music Ministry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798986546421)

God hides a treasure inside every affliction.

Do you believe that? Susan Piper does, and shares her story to assure us that in Christ, brokenness produces giftedness and service brings healing.

Guitar in hand, 15-year-old Susan Piper walked into the Cleveland bars in pursuit of stardom. A couple of decades later, Jesus decided that was long enough and pulled her out again with His mighty outstretched arm. From teen alcoholism, fame seeking, and PTSD to nursing home music ministry, A Blessing Is in It chronicles God's unlikely redemption of an all-but-ruined life.

Listen in as Susan tells warm-hearted and self-deprecating stories of the people who brought her to Christ, her vehicle misadventures, and her precious little dog sidekicks. Join her at the bedside of those who have been forgotten and see how God uses the lonely, broken people she serves to bless her and heal her own brokenness.

Slightly impressionistic, yet easily accessible with a bias towards humor, A Blessing Is in It sings with lyrical tenderness, transparency, and wry, ecclesiastical wit.

Read it if you're lonely. Read it if you know someone who is lonely. Read it to be comforted and changed by the power of God's grace.

"Destroy it not," says God in Isaiah 65:8-don't throw it away-"for a blessing is in it."

EDITORIAL REVIEWS FOR A Blessing Is in It

"...encompasses the full spectrum of joy and sorrow, sadness and laughter, anguish and peace--all with an eye toward the all-sufficient grace of God...enjoyable and edifying." -Fred Pugh, Pastor (Retired), Grace Covenant Church, Olmsted Twp., Ohio

"Tender and vulnerable...slices of life that show us how to recognize God breaking into our ordinary, messy lives with transforming grace." -Steve Siler, Music for the Soul

"...A Blessing Is in It will bless your socks off!...relatable, interesting, encouraging...delivers on many levels." -Nancy Sebastian Kuch, author of Talk Easy, Listen Hard

"From a counselor's point of view...invaluable for anyone with a painful past. [W]ith candor and grace...relatable, hopeful, and may just give you hope enough to allow God to transform your life, too." -Georgia Shaffer, professional certified coach, author of Taking Out Your Emotional Trash

"Susan Piper shares intimately. [Her book] gives glory to our Lord and winsomely communicates the gospel." -Rev. Dave Bailey, Founder, Ranch Hope, Alloway, NJ