Lisa Daggs: No Turning Back Lisa Daggs was born as a third child and one that, due to complications, was expected to be born as a “blue baby” – a condition in which not enough blood circulates through the body. Her survival rate chances at the time was around 50 percent. As her due date approached, medical staff prepared blood transfusions, expecting the worst. Not only was she the first daughter for her parents, but she arrived perfectly healthy. God had His hand on her and this would carry over in her life time and again. By the age of 3, Lisa was singing her first solo at church. A few weeks later, while riding in her parents car, she grabbed the door handle and fell out into the street. While her parents feared the worst, when they stopped and got to her, she was fine despite the tumble out of the moving car. God again had His hand on her, protecting her for a specific purpose and calling on her life. Whenever issues would arise for her during her childhood, music was always her refuge. It gave her comfort and peace. She knew from an early age she
by Jimmy Reno
wanted to pursue music, so when she was older she headed to Nashville, Tennessee. After being in Nashville, an incident found her staring down the barrel of a gun during a robbery, when suddenly, a car driving nearby crashed. The noise was loud and startled the robber. She was able to escape because of the distraction. Afterward she called her mother, who had awakened during the night with Lisa weighing on her heart. The time that her mother finished praying for her was the exact time Lisa had gotten away from the robbery. She knew it was God. Not long afterward, and finding herself facing a potential prison sentence of 3-5 years and dealing with drug issues, Lisa went through a rehab program. “That was the end of a 10 day run for me. I hadn’t eaten or slept. I was just on a drug-high, alcohol-high for those 10 days and then that was when I got arrested,” she said. While sitting in the jail cell, she began to reflect on things. “I asked the Lord, how did I get here? It was
