Living the High Note

By Mary Angela Allen

This is an autobiography of the life of Mary Angela (Zagone) Allen. Every life is designed and planned by a living God. God is all Love, Truth, Light, and Goodness. He makes and provides for every child if that person will choose to surrender their life to Him. He gives everyone a measure of faith to believe in God with an added gift of choice. Each child can choose to follow the God of Truth or take over the control of their own life. Before choosing to live by believing in God and Jesus as my savior I was in chaos. I lived for the moments of fun which lasted in short bursts. Most moments without God were sad and lonely. Living for God has made my life more enjoyable, full of peace and purpose. God loves all of us and gives us gifts, talents, and abilities to bless our lives. All people must make individual choices to live for God or against Him. My hope is that my life will influence and encourage you to choose your heavenly Father and follow the savior Christ to everlasting peace and joy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Feb 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781665550314

Mary Angela Allen

Mary Angela Zagone was born in 1952 to a family of seven in the warm desert climate of Alamogordo, New Mexico. She graduated from high school in 1970 and earned two degrees, a Bachelor of Music Education and a Masters of Reading Education, from Eastern New Mexico University. During the early years of learning, music was the most powerful influence on her life. She had many opportunities to sing or perform, but a longing for something beyond stardom grew in her heart. Mary taught for 28 years in several towns in New Mexico, spending most of that time in Carlsbad, New Mexico. During that time, Mary’s greatest education came when she began to learn and experience what God wanted for her life. She married Kelly Allen in 1988, and they had two boys, Michael and Anthony. Her name was changed to Mary Angela Allen, but she was known as Mary. Mary was an ordinary girl who God gave a mission of encouraging God’s holy people through teaching and singing. Through the many adventures and miracles that Mary went through, a great desire was developed in her to serve her Lord Jesus. She believes that God provided miraculous help that saved her from disasters both by her own faulty actions and other accidental circumstances. Through God’s grace, Mary once drove miles with no oil in her car, and survived a snow-packed spin on a mountain road. She witness many supernatural healings and entertained angels unknowingly. But, the most incredible miracle was witnessing the changing of souls around her. Now her mission is to help all around her to understand that God truly loves them and has a wonderful plan for their lives. Through Christian friends God has taught her to teach others to say in their heart, “I believe in Jesus Christ, and he will do the rest.”

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Contents

1   Finding Hope in a Savior

2   Finding Power in the Holy Spirit

3   Finding and Facing Inner Selfishness A Dream of Three Wells

4   Finding Restoration through Others

5   Finding the Mission From God

6   Finding Living Blessings

This is an autobiography of the life of Mary Angela (Zagone) Allen. Every life is designed and planned by a living God. God is all Love, Truth, Light, and Goodness. He makes and provides for every child if that person will choose to surrender their life to Him. He gives everyone a measure of faith to believe in God with an added gift of choice. Each child can choose to follow the God of Truth or take over the control of their own life. Before choosing to live by believing in God and Jesus as my savior I was in chaos. I lived for the moments of fun which lasted in short bursts. Most moments without God were sad and lonely. Living for God has made my life more enjoyable, full of peace and purpose. God loves all of us and gives us gifts, talents, and abilities to bless our lives. All people must make individual choices to live for God or against Him. My hope is that my life will influence and encourage you to choose your heavenly Father and follow the savior Christ to everlasting peace and joy.

1

Finding Hope in a Savior

It’s a girl! said the doctor. Hallelujah! sang my mother.

Her second baby was a girl! Singing the high note had begun.

Although my first high note was actually a shrill baby’s cry rather than a pleasant melody, this singer was born into the kingdom of man on August 16, 1952. Born and raised in Alamogordo, New Mexico (USA), Mary Angela Zagone was the second of seven children – four boys, and three girls. This little chubby girl with lots of brown hair and brown eyes was not a significant beauty by any means. Nor did I have any noteworthy physical abilities. However, early on my singing was established when I started school. My talent to sing on key and reach the highest notes was discovered in fourth grade of Immaculate Conception Catholic School in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

My fourth grade choir teacher told my mother that I had a mature voice for my age. I began singing in the choir at church every Sunday. Music was also a priority of my mother’s. She made sure we all had piano lessons every Saturday. We also had swimming lessons and went to the library for books in the summer.

All through elementary school I was very shy and very uneasy around people. Recess meant enduring the usual daily pressures of always coming in last in races or picked last for games. At school my existence was mostly ignored by those around me. But, singing made me forget the looks and attitudes around me. To me singing comes naturally, because I used to think everyone could sing.

In the seventh grade I was enrolled in a public junior high school. Being a (Zagone) which starts with a Z meant I was the last one to select electives. Choir electives were already full. I had been placed in my third choice for an elective (Home Ec.) But my dad knew I had to sing. He came to school to discuss or explain that his second child needed to be placed where her talent could grow. My dad made sure that my elective of choir was honored. He was quite the insistent papa.

So choir is where I met Miss Waltz, our lovely choir teacher. To me, she was so beautiful, and encouraging. This shy child became confident to perform under her warm guidance. In fact, by the end of the school year I sang solos in the school musical, and won first place in the school talent show.

This was the beginning of the blessings God bestowed on me before I really understood who God was. Singing brought out the confidence needed in my life, as well as joy, and just plain fun.

God was present in my life, but like most people I only thought about him on Sunday. Once, when I was six I saw a poster of Jesus with children in his lap. Seeing Jesus made me love him because he loved kids. If Jesus loved children than maybe he could love me. But I never truly understood the concept of a savior. And, I could not see why they put him to death on the cross. Why did they hate him so much? Didn’t they know he was totally innocent? To me Jesus represented God’s son. He should have been respected. I had no idea that Jesus was sent by God to die for the punishment of all our sins.

As I grew and entered High School, I seem to get further from understanding God. A few times on a bus trip I remember hearing other kids talking about Jesus dying for our sins. But, two very large distractions kept me from thinking a savior was a personal need in my life. My distractions or worldly pursuits were that of finding a husband and becoming a famous singer. These were enough to make me a very selfish and depressed young woman.

There is a difference in selfish pursuits and the desires of one’s heart. When we allow God to take the reigns of our desires than our pursuits are still there, but they are no longer selfish. There is a saying among believers that goes like this, Let go and let God. You see, I thought I was very much in control of the major circumstances and events of my life. Or, at least at that time I thought I was. And, it was bringing me a world of disappointment and hurt.

One unrealistic desire I had was to be a famous singer. I wanted to live the life of a singing star in front of great crowds all cheering for me. Not only that but I wanted all the female solos. I didn’t want to take anything away from other singers. I just wanted to sing all the songs. So, I tried out for all the solos in high school, and later in college, with more failures than successes. I did not realize that while students and friends admired my talent, most music directors did not. Choir directors like singers who blend in. My style was to be heard above the choir. Using my powerful vocals, I did not blend well. In fact, I tried to take over the music. I was absolutely blind to the fact that choirs were made up of more than one singer. Getting attention in music through solos and performance was a lot of fun. This need of mine to be the main vocalist and sing a lot of solos began to cause me grief and disappointment. My musical attitude was growing and developing into a monstrous musical pride.

My other worldly pursuit, that of finding a husband, was not going so well either. Dismal attempts at dating were so very embarrassingly gloomy. My failed attempts of a love connection landed me