My name is Dianne Wirtz. I would like to share with you my reason for living, and that is because of a Wonderful Saviour who cares so much about us all. Sometimes I don’t feel worthy of His Love, but He died on that cross to prove to us how worthy we really are to Him. You are worthy!

I started singing at the age of 5 years old. My Father had a band and on week-ends when He practiced He would let me sing with them. When I was 8 years old, my Father who was in the Air-Force was transferred to West Germany where we would live for the next 4 years. At the age of 12 we moved back to New Brunswick but my Father again got transferred, this time to Cold-Lake, Alberta. There was a group from the television show ” the Funny Farm Show ” who were singing on the base there. I had an opportunity to sing with their band called ” Praire Fire “. They invited me to go to Edmonton, Alberta where they were going to do a television program for the Variety Club Telethon. It was my first experience on television at the age of 17. I got to meet Jamie Farr from the television show Mash, and Shari Lewis and Lamp Chop, and the Alan Sisters from the Tommy Hunter show and Skyles and Henderson. It was a fabulous experience for me and it gave me a chance to go in the recording studio with Praire Fire and see what it was all about.
However, life was about to change course for me. I had gotten married and after a few months of marriage we were expecting a baby! When I was in my eighth month of pregnancy the baby died. My Brother who was 18 died in a motorcycle accident, then my Mother died and then my Grand-Mother died. She was the first person in my life to introduce me to Our Wonderful Saviour. I was so distressed with all this grief that I could no longer function physically as I was so worn out. I wanted to end my life but I didn’t have the nerve to do it. I thought about what would be the easiest way to go. Jesus showed me that I may have lost all those that I loved, but I hadn’t lost His Love! I clung on to that Hope as I was about to find out what it really meant. I was attacked one night. The man had a steel baseball bat and was choking me. I was starting to black out and cried out to God to save me! The man started to mock God and said ” Lets see if your God can save you now ” All of a sudden his eyes rolled weird and he passed out! I escaped and realized that God had saved my life that night. I couldn’t see why then because I didn’t feel like I was anything special, but God had plans for me I didn’t even know about! I realized how much He Loves Me and I knew that I wanted to dedicate my life to Him. Whatever He would use me for I was willing.
I have been the director for Prison Ministries for 17 years and also work with helping to get young girls off the street. I have dedicated a portion of the sales from my cd to the Elizabeth Fry Society and the Women’s Shelter, to help abused woman and children receive councilling. God is leading! Don’t ever give up, for God promises He will give us the desires of our heart if we just trust and believe in His Word. He has done that for me! This cd is a Blessing from God as I could not have made it without His help. My Prayer is that through the songs that I have written and the songs that I sing, that you will know that you are Loved by a Wonderful Savior who Cares so Very Much for you! In Psalm Chapter 28 verse 6 and 7 it says: I will Praise the Lord because He has heard my prayer for help. The Lord is my Strength and Shield. With my whole heart I trust Him and I know He will help me. My heart is glad and I will Praise Him with songs of Praise!

Awards:

Nominated for a Covenant Award for Album of the Year by the Gospel Music Association of Canada.

Nominated in the top 10 for Album of the Year for a Juno Award.

Won the New Christian  Music Radio Mike Award for World Radio