Comments on: The Painter’s Hand

By: Andrian Dm

Andrian Dm — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:01:21 +0000

I’d like to express my appreciation for the wonderful songs, which I sing for about 1,5 years already.
Please don’t stop to wright and compose the music 🙂
Blessings!

By: Todd Hitchings

Todd Hitchings — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 02:25:01 +0000

In reply to Sally DeFord. I am a Christian Scientist and this hymn was sung in my church and it moved me to tears. I found out that the writer(s) was a member of the LDS church. Then I knew that her church is ny church and my church is her church and any seeming separation or division is artificial. It is not that they (you all) are right and we are wrong or that we are right and you are wrong. The bottom line is we are one as brother and sisters trying and sometimes failing to stay on the path that Jesus showed us and demonstrated. Thank you so much for your beautiful and I spired message. Todd Hitchings in Denver

By: Bobby Packer

Bobby Packer — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:09:57 +0000

I love the song, “The Painter’s Hand” the words resonate to my soul. Thank you.

By: Laney

Laney — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 04:01:26 +0000

My husband is a United Methodist pastor and the two of us sing a good many of your songs in church together and we love the music that you write. This song speaks especially to me as I am a hobby artist (painter and muralist) and a part-time volunteer art teacher. It is such a powerful illustration of God’s hand on all of us as an artist. Sometimes when you look at a painting when it is unfinished it is confusing or if you look at it too closely and see only the mess of brush strokes you can’t understand what is going on. But when you step back and look at a finished work of art it is outstanding! God sees the whole picture!

By: Jessa Faye Gersava

Jessa Faye Gersava — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 08:12:35 +0000

This so wonderful song. It really moves me every time I sang it in church or even in my workplace. Thank you Sally for your compositions. God use you to compose such wonderful and inspirational songs to touch the heart of our brethren out there.

By: Sally DeFord

Sally DeFord — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 23:37:12 +0000

In reply to Chase T. Radmall. This is one of the best. comments. ever. Thank you so much! I hope you tell her how amazing she is every day of her life. Congratulations to both of you!

By: Chase T. Radmall

Chase T. Radmall — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 03:03:46 +0000

Thank you for such a beautiful song, Sally! I have recently become engaged to a beautiful daughter of God and since our engagement, she has been having self esteem issues and not feeling like she is good enough or beautiful enough. I play the cello and she has a wonderful voice and her grandmother wanted to get a song together for church to play and then I found this song and I shared it with her. The spirit was so strong and it was such a beautiful moment for the two of us. The words choked in my teared up face as I told her that she is one of God’s greatest masterpieces. Thank you for being so inspired!

By: sallydeford

sallydeford — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:11:23 +0000

In reply to Shane Carl Montefalcon. Yes, thank you, Shane! We're all works in progress, but the Lord knows how beautiful the outcome can be. :)

By: Valarie Olson

Valarie Olson — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 02:52:37 +0000

In reply to Shane Carl Montefalcon. Shane Carl Montefalcon, thank you for sharing your connection to The Painter’s Hand. The Master certainly knows us and is with us every step of the way. So happy you are finding strength in the shadow. <3 Much love.

By: Shane Carl Montefalcon

Shane Carl Montefalcon — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 13:09:06 +0000

Thank you, Sally and Valarie for this song. This has been a very inspirational and emotional song for me. I have been in a dark place these past few years and this song helped me through with my breakdowns. “He knows the strength that grows in shadow when I’m reaching for the light.” is a simple line yet very emotional for me. It reminds me that God do see how I’m struggling and desperate to reach the light while I’m in darkness. I hold on to this line when I’m almost giving up. Thank you for this song! I know my life is still a work in progress, a beautiful vivid image that is still painted and crafted by a magnificent painter, and that is God. Thank you!