On April 12 the Winter version of 'Sea of Despair - Showers of Grace' has been posted to a couple of music sites. This song holds a special place within the Alpha & Omega Suite since it was the last song composed… and came as an unexpected surprise in 2008. I had been composing the music since 2000, taking my time and letting Divine inspiration do the leading… and pretty sure the Suite would contain 32 songs. But as I was finalizing all parts, out of nowhere came the final three songs, of which Sea of Despair was the last written in the spring of 2008. After nine years and countless hours, the Suite now totaled out at 35 pieces.
Sea of Despair is also unique within the Suite in that it is the only piece of which an instrumental interlude is a strong part of the song. The interlude helps emphasize the amazing contrast which happens when God's grace intervenes into the despair that occurs within a person's natural life. The sea might be deep and foreboding but the victory of the cross is gently and soothingly showered down.
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