Verónica Leal blesses Tulsa with her voice

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She is one of the most beloved artists in the Hispanic world, who with an unmistakable voice helps us reach God, and here in Tulsa she feels at home.

“The most beautiful thing when you sing is knowing what the people are feeling, and I know that here in Tulsa we are deeply loved,” she said after being on the stage almost two hours. “Being here is being at home.”

On her last record “Forgotten Princesses,” she recalled the stories of the women in the Bible who were neglected by history, brief narrations that today are also part of a book that helps her fight for women’s empowerment.

“We did the songs and then I decided to write the book, and in 2019 in New York City they gave me an award for best writer of the year. It was a real blessing and today we are using it with different women’s gatherings,” she said. “What comes next is taking it to the big screen, and shooting it as 12 stories of women.” Leal is hoping for a film to screen on Netflix and Amazon next year.

The pandemic postponed some of her concerts and goals, and also brought sadness to her life with the departure from this life of her beloved father, still she did not surrender and keeps on singing to praise the Lord.

“God is not only there to fix the broken life you may have, what he wants is to have a personal relationship with us, to explain to us how to move forward and become spiritually mature people.”

“Unfortunately, social distancing made us detach physically and also made us colder. We are no longer surprised when somebody dies, because certain things became normal,” she said, admitting that in her case, she came closer to God, despite everything.

In times of Covid and with projects that continue to grow, Verónica Leal invites us all to follow a very special advice: “To all who listen, I say: it is time to seek and trust God.” (La Semana)