LEIGH PEIFFER

Leigh Peiffer – Just a Voice

I grew up in a small country town in Indiana surrounded by cows and corn. I started writing songs at the age of 6 and spent 12 years studying classical piano. By 14 I became serious about songwriting and by the age of 22 I set out for the city of Los Angeles ready to claim my stake in the music industry. Within 2 weeks of my arrival I landed an audition with some of the top labels and caught the attention of the VP of A&R. Meetings began and the VP offered to have me work with the HOTTEST producer at the time. Doors were opening. But I walked away and left LA. I had begun having severe health issues. I was suffering from debilitating hemiplegic migraines with stroke-like symptoms. I had head pain constantly. I was suffering from dizziness and panic attacks all day. I went to doctor after doctor over the next 2 years. I was told over and over again that “it’s all in your head” and I was fine and just depressed. My final straw was when I went back to a doctor I had seen numerous times. I was in so much pain and had been hearing voices in my head to end my life. I told God that I couldn’t do it anymore and if I didn’t get help from this doctor I would follow through with what the voices said. The doctor, once again, told me I was depressed. I walked out and the tears rolled down my cheeks. I drove home defeated. I was done. I arrived back at my apartment in Nashville and was waiting for my roommate to leave. I was sitting on our purple loveseat and it was an hour past the time she normally left for work. She sat down next to me and said, “Rachel, I don’t know why but God told me to stay home with you today.” I ran upstairs to my room and wept and wept. Fast forward a few months later. I had been hearing another voice tell me to “fast and pray for 30 days.” I had never fasted in my life. I wasn’t raised in a Christian home but at 5 years old I accepted Jesus in my heart after hearing the gospel shared by my 5 year old friend. My parents divorced and we moved in with my grandparents who took me to church at 9 years old. As a teenager I would read a Bible verse here and there and in college I prayed and really committed my life to the Lord but this fasting and praying thing was new. I left Nashville moving to Atlanta and dove in. And I met God in the deepest, holiest, most beautiful and freeing 30 days. By the end of this fast I no longer had voices telling me to end my life!!!!!! He freed me. Fast forward to today. The root of my illness was actually a neck injury that I lived with for 15 years until a chiropractor discovered it. I am healing although I sustained substantial nerve damage. But God is greater and although I have suffered for a little while the God of grace has used my suffering to perfect, establish, strengthen and settle me. And THIS is who I am. I am His. I am just a voice, hidden in the shadow of his wings. I used to write bios filled with all my accomplishments, who I’ve played with, what stages I’ve played on – you know, all the things that make you seem exceptional. But I’m not really exceptional. I write stories in song form using my lyrics and melodies as a paintbrush on the beautiful canvas of life our Creator has given me. May it always bring all glory and honor to Him. He alone is exceptional.
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Leigh Peiffer – Just a Voice

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