adminMaria Chiguvari
AWARD-WINNING gospel artist, Minister Michael Mahendere, might have made it now with celebrity friends like Travis Greene, but before he was famous, he used to stand in long queues at the Harare Central Police Station Bus Terminus.
Last year, he scooped the Best of Africa Gospel gong at the South African Crown Gospel Music Awards, but life was not always this smooth for him.
The versatile songwriter said the Holy Spirit ministered to him when he was at his lowest point in life.
Every song has a story about why it was written.
He posted his song titled Mutsvene and pinned a message about who he was back then.
“I remember the day this song came to me, who I was and the state I was in.
“In 2007, I was coming from a studio session, and I was standing in a very long queue at the Charge Office terminus waiting for a bus to go home in Seke, Chitungwiza.
“It was one of the most difficult years economically for Zimbabweans, and everything was not well,” he said
“I remember standing, being a public figure, well known, yet so broke, going through certain abusive episodes from people. Some of them were even laughing at me and teasing me.
“So when the bus ranked, there was serious pressure to get in, and a lot happened for me to find a seat.
“I started praying silently asking God if my will my life ever change. I asked a lot of questions.
“This is how God answered me. All of a sudden, my ears closed off from every other sound, and I then started hearing like a host singing this song.
“I felt so peaceful, as I could really relate to what I was hearing and no one else could hear it.
“I hid myself so that no one could see that I was crying. I couldn’t forgot the song,” he wrote on his Instagram page.
He said whenever he sings Mutsvene, it takes him back to 2007.
Online Reporter