Dorothy Savage brings to Christian music with her debut album Glorious Mess, the energy of a fresh, relevant message of hope.

Glorious Mess is just the beginning of Dorothy's story, marking a new chapter in a life that has already lived more than one amazing "dream come true."

From the college where she earned her music degree, to the bright lights of Broadway, to the recording studios of Nashville, Dorothy Savage has won the personal battles in her young life with the simple realization that real strength comes in letting go and letting God.

Crafted around the message of Glorious Mess, the album unfolds as an autobiographical timeline. The songs trace Dorothy's journey of the heart, and the lyrics touch the unchanging core of God's truth.

"I am a ‘glorious mess,' with raw edges and a mountain or imperfections!" she declares. "However, I came to realize that Jesus loves me because of these things--rather than in spite of them. It was a beautiful moment of revelation in my life!"

I got the great opportunity to speak with Dorothy about her song "Finder Of The Lost." The following are the answers to the questions I asked Dorothy.

Please tell me about the message of your song "Finder Of The Lost."

It has a personal message and also a universal message. As someone who is saved and knows the Lord, the song speaks about how when sometimes we find ourselves caught up in deep and difficult situations--sometimes by our own choosing--that we can call on the Lord, who came to find and save the lost. It's comforting for me that although I'm saved, the Lord comes to comfort me and that's He's always with me. The message to those who don't know the Lord is that God is there to find you when you have no direction and don't see your future or your hope.

Is the song based on any specific Bible verses? Do you have a life verse?

John 3:16-17: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

What does the song mean to you personally? Any take-away message?

The words of this song reach me in the serious, deep places of my heart. We know what's in our own spiritual closet, what's in our hearts and minds. Maybe it's darkness and despair that other people would never guess. This song might be interpreted at first listen to be talking about people that are just now being found by God. But to me, as someone who has been saved since I was a little, little girl, this song speaks also of people who are saved but perhaps caught in spots in life where we never, ever thought we would be as Christians. Still, wherever we are, He continues to find us and reach us with the reminder that His mercies are new every morning. We've all been lost and needed to be found by God.

Here are the lyrics:

Caught up in something that we
Never imagined we'd be
Suffering under but we are
Underneath the tide's turning
All the while time is burning
We can see we've gone too far
Sinking like a stone we're falling

Finder of the lost and forsaken
Seeking the forgotten and the taken
Even when it seems there's no hope of rescue
At the very moment that we breaking
That's the very moment that you break through
And this is when we know we're found

Everyone is calling out and
Stumbling or falling out
In some quite, hidden place
Underneath a calm surface
Churning like a strange circus
Is the story of our disgrace
Bent and strained we're almost broken

Finder of the lost and forsaken
Seeking the forgotten and the taken
Even when it seems there's no hope of rescue
At the very moment that we breaking
That's the very moment that you break through
And this is when we know we're found

We're found
We are the ones who
Have all been found by You
And anything we hold onto
We lay it down here at Your feet

Finder of the lost and forsaken
Seeking the forgotten and the taken
Even when it seems there's no hope of rescue
At the very moment that we breaking
That's the very moment that You break through
And this is when we know we're found

Here's Matthew Henry's commentary on John 3:16-17: "Here is God's love in giving His Son for the world. God so loved the world; so really, so richly. Behold and wonder, that the great God should love such a worthless world! Here, also, is the great gospel duty, to believe in Jesus Christ. God having given Him to be our Prophet, Priest, and King, we must give up ourselves to be ruled, and taught, and saved by Him. And here is the great gospel benefit, that whoever believes in Christ, shall not perish, but shall have everlasting life. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, and so saving it. It could not be saved, but through Him; there is no salvation in any other."

Having grown up with a works-based faith, songs like this help remind me of the Biblical truth that God sent His only begotten son, Jesus, to Earth to seek and to save the lost.

No matter where you are in your walk with Jesus, this song is a salvation message that Jesus truly is the "finder of the lost."

This week of Thanksgiving, there is nothing we have been given that is more valuable than our salvation. Take time this week to reflect on how thankful you are for the gift of Jesus and the moment that He found you and saved you.

Also remember John 3:17: "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." What a wonderful, loving and gracious God that we serve. I am so thankful for God saving me. Happy Thanksgiving!

You can listen to Dorothy on her website, www.dorothysavage.com.