I was born when I was really young - so young, in fact, that I don't even remember the day that it happened. When I was nearly five years old, my parents bought a piano. I learned to play some simple songs on it using a shape notes book. I also discovered that I could play songs by ear. I started piano lessons soon after that and have never looked back. My piano training helped me to pick up the guitar, bass, drums, accordion and banjo. (See, sticking with piano lessons CAN be cool!)
At the age of twelve, I began to think about my life and what would happen when I died. I knew that I wanted to live in Heaven with God when my life here was over. I knew I needed a relationship with God for this to happen. God is perfect and has never done anything wrong. The wrong things that I had done in my life meant I could not have a relationship with God on my own. And the penalty for those wrong things needed to be paid in order for them to be forgiven. Then I learned that God made a way for that payment to be made so I could be forgiven for the wrong things I had done. God did this by sending His Son, Jesus, to the world. Jesus was born and lived a perfect life – He never did anything wrong! Even though He never did anything wrong and didn’t have a penalty to pay, He chose to die in my place to pay the price for the wrongs that I had done.
His gift of forgiveness is totally free! If you have not received His free gift of eternal life, it is my hope that you would do so today. By accepting His death as payment for the wrongs you have done, you can be forgiven by God and accepted into His family – right now and for all eternity. Ask God to forgive you for the wrong things you have done. Invite Jesus to take control of your life – to be in charge in your heart from this day forward. It is the most important decision you will ever make.
Copies of my CD's have made their way to Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. Copies are also being listened to in Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lesotho, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Ukraine, Vietnam and Zambia! If you know of somewhere else that someone has my music, email me and I’ll add it to the list.
In my lifetime, I have visited 47 of the 50 United States (still waiting on Alaska, Hawaii and Maine), and have visited the following countries: Canada, Mexico, England, Scotland, Wales, France, Austria, Moldova (2x), Hungary, Guatemala, Spain, Morocco, Kenya, China, Japan, Norway, Czech Republic, Russia, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Germany, Peru, Thailand, the Bahamas and Armenia. I have seen two of the world’s seven natural wonders. Someday I hope to get to travel to the other five.
Send me an email: Rich at Rich Nelson Music dot com