With the Joy in my Heart, I Will Rejoice

The Joy of the Lord is my Strength

by David Malberg

 

Book Details

With the Joy in my Heart

The songs in this book came from a real desire to express a sincere faith and trust in the Lord that began in July 2008. I have been involved in music for 55 years in various venues. I believe that I received insight concerning composition and lyrics in music.

I had some extreme health issues last year, but the creation of songs for the piano and organ have brought joy to my heart and my life.

Also, in February 2009, I began drawing sketches of scenes and oil paintings at Lake Saxon, in central Florida, where I reside with my wife, Holly. We have two children who are employed in education; we also have three lovely grandchildren.

 

Book Excerpt

"Be Joyful": "Let all those

who put their trust in you

greatly rejoice. Let them ever shout for joy for your

mighty defense. You will compass them as with a shield."

 

About the Author

David Malberg

David Malberg was born in September, 1947 in Battle Creek, Michigan. His father was an itinerant preacher and his mother played the accordian and was a church soloist. In the process of time, as David’s siblings were born, the family performed Christian music on the radio (in the mid-fifties). David was eight years old at that time. A year earlier, he became converted.

David graduated from Shortridge High School, a college prep school, in Indianapolis, Indiana in June, 1966. That fall, he enrolled at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Malberg majored in Psychology and Spanish, after having taken four years of French in high school.

The young university student became a member of Metropolitan Methodist church, where he was trained in the choir by a P.H.D. organist and musician. This was when David became interested in organ music and purchased a chord organ. He sang baritone in the choir and took piano and music courses at the university.

Mr. Malberg came to Tampa, Florida in the fall of 1970, where he trained as a song leader for the church, and later became Music Director at Marantha Chapel. He resigned in the summer of 2000, but became the Treasurer at the church.

David received his BA in Spanish in December, 1971; he worked as a banker for twenty years. After a terrible auto accident in 1992, Mr. Malberg began a career in teaching. He earned teaching (graduate) certificates in Spanish, French and ESL at USF from 1994 to 1999. Mr. Malberg taught in Winter Haven, Lakeland, and Tampa, Florida, and Belvedere, Illinois.

Mr. Malberg retired in June, 2004, after an operation left him disabled.

May the Lord richly bless you in the reading of scriptures and songs in this book.

CDs, sheet music copies and color pictures can be ordered for certain prices from

dmalberg@msn.com.

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The Joy Lives on in my Heart
 

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