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    The Story of Your Life Interactive Journey
    The Story of Your Life Interactive Journey
    The Story of Your Life Interactive Journey
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    The Story of Your Life Interactive Journey

    By Matthew West and Terry Glaspey

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    "The story of your life is a story worth telling." So sings Grammy-nominated recording artist Matthew West on his bestselling album The Story of Your Life. In this new book, Matthew develops that theme, showing how everyone's life is a story in progress and how knowing that truth can change people for the better.

    Filled with powerful personal stories from Matthew and his fans, The Story of Your Life Interactive Journey is a guidebook that will help readers heal from the hurts of their past and develop a deeper compassion toward others whose life stories are filled with pain. Readers will find that God, the author of their stories, is willing and able to rewrite the broken chapters of their lives.

    The Story of Your Life Interactive Journey is the perfect companion to the The Story of Your Life DVD. It includes extensive study questions for individuals or small groups and plenty of space for readers' insights.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarvest House Publishers
    Release dateApr 1, 2012
    ISBN9780736946605
    The Story of Your Life Interactive Journey
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    Matthew West

    Matthew West has built his career as a revered storyteller. The five-time GRAMMY nominee, dubbed by Billboard as "one of Christian music’s most prolific singer-songwriters," has been awarded multiple RIAA Gold and Platinum certifications, notched 30 number one songs combined as an artist and songwriter, and has more than 250 songwriting credits to his name. Matthew is passionate about providing hope and healing through the power of prayer and story. My Story Your Glory marks his seventh book following: Give This Christmas Away, The Story Of Your Life, Forgiveness, Today Is Day One, Hello, My Name Is and The God Who Stays. The new 30-day devotional was inspired by his 22-track album of the same title which was released in 2023. Matthew and his wife, Emily, live in Nashville with their two daughters, Lulu and Delaney.

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      Book preview

      The Story of Your Life Interactive Journey - Matthew West

      HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS

      EUGENE, OREGON

      All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV ®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

      Verses marked ESV are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Verses marked KJV are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

      Cover image © Pixel Peach Studios, Austin, Texas

      Cover by Harvest House Publishers

      Published in association with the literary agency of Fedd & Company, Inc., 8 Torrington Ct., Austin, TX 78738.

      The Story of Your Life, Strong Enough, My Own Little World, Broken Girl all Matthew West, copyright 2010 Songs of Southside Independent Music Publishing OBO Itself External Combustion Music & Songs for Delaney (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

      The Healing Has Begun Matthew West and Jason Houser, copyright 2010 Songs of Southside Independent Music Publishing OBO Itself External Combustion Music & Songs for Delaney (ASCAP)and Housermania Music (ASCAP)(Admin. by Amplified Admin.) All rights reserved. Used by permission.

      THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE INTERACTIVE JOURNEY

      Copyright © 2012 by Matthew West and Terry Glaspey

      Published by Harvest House Publishers

      Eugene, Oregon 97402

      www.harvesthousepublishers.com

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      West, Matthew.

      The story of your life: interactive journey / Matthew West and Terry Glaspey.

      p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 978-0-7369-4659-9 (pbk.)

      ISBN 978-0-7369-4660-5 (eBook)

      1. Christian biography. 2. Storytelling—Religious aspects—Christianity. 3. Suffering—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Glaspey, Terry W. II. Title.

      BR1690.W47 2012

      248—dc23

      2011036855

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.

      Printed in the United States of America

      12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 / VP-SK / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Introduction: The Story of Your Life

      Chapter 1: Life Is More Than Cliffs Notes

      Chapter 2: Who’s Holding the Pen?

      Chapter 3: What’s Your Population?

      Chapter 4: Our Broken Chapters

      Chapter 5: The Healing Has Begun

      Exploring Your Story

      This is the Joy

      This is the Pain

      Your Finest Hour

      Your Weakest Moment

      Where You’ve Been

      Where You Are

      Where You’re Going

      Is This Only the Beginning?

      Leader’s Guide

      About the Author

      About the Publisher

      The Story of Your Life Album

      The Story of Your Life DVD

      The Story of Your Life

      Introduction

      THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE

      You are here.

      Just three words, but in the right context, these three words can be a real lifesaver.

      You are here. Tomorrow is somewhere off in the distance. You are here. Yesterday and every day before that can only be glimpsed by glancing over your shoulder, into the past. But in this very moment of your life, You are here.

      One place I love to see these three little words is at the shopping mall. Now, I like going to the mall about as much as I like getting a root canal. But much like a trip to the dentist, sometimes it’s just something you gotta do. On those rare days (Mother’s Day, birthdays, and Christmas!) when a visit to the mall can’t be avoided, it’s best to have a plan of attack.

      Get in, get out, nobody gets hurt. That’s my motto.

      To do this, I immediately locate the nearest mall directory, one of those big maps listing all the shops and restaurants which are placed in strategic locations around the mall. Once I’m standing in front of the mall directory, I immediately search for those three all-important words: You are here. They’re usually surrounded by a big red dot, signifying the exact spot where I’m standing. I am convinced that the big red dot and those three words are there for guys like me. Taking a moment to pause by the big red dot allows me a chance to look behind me and see the direction I’ve come from. I can remember the course that led me this far. This way I’ll know how to leave the mall and waste no extra time trying to find my car.

      Then, once I know where I am, I can make sure that no time from here on out is wasted. Sure, it might seem quicker to just take off in a mad dash through the mall, but I’ve learned that one mustn’t rush into these things. It’s a madhouse out there. By stopping at the map, I am able to get the lay of the land and make a plan. Instead of simply wandering aimlessly around this jungle of junk, I can be sure to hit only the stores that I need to visit, and maybe stop for a cookie in the food court.

      Remember my motto: Get in, get out, nobody gets hurt.

      Taking a You are here moment provides the clarity and renewed sense of direction to help me move forward with confidence. And if something should distract me along the way, something like the smell of a fresh-baked cookie in the food court…well, I’ve already stopped at the big red dot once, and I know that in an emergency I can return to it and get back on track.

      Do you ever feel like your life could use a You are here moment? A moment of clarity and reorientation? Perhaps you’ve been so caught up in the doing of life that you feel like you’re losing track of what you’re doing and why you’re doing it. Do you sometimes feel as though you are wandering aimlessly through life with no real direction, uncertain if you even want to go where you seem to be heading? We can get so caught up in the chaos of just living that we never stop long enough to decide if we really are content with where our story is heading. Like all stories, yours has a beginning, a middle, an end. Every day the story of your life is being written. Every second is a word, every moment a sentence, every day another page.

      For a songwriter like me, it’s all about the story. And up until recently, it was all about my story. My songs have been written out of my personal experience, songs that captured what I had lived and thought and felt and believed. But when it came time to write the songs for my new album I decided to take a different approach. Instead of writing out of my own life, I wanted to compose songs based on the lives of others. I put up a notice on my website and on some social networking pages inviting people to send me their stories. I had no idea what type of response I might get.

      In just a short time, I had received more than 10,000 responses to my request. All these thousands of people were ready to share the stories of their lives. I spent two months hidden away in a Tennessee cabin, reading story after story and praying for the inspiration to give some of these stories a voice.

      As I sat alone in the quiet of the cabin, I read stories of heartbreak and stories of healing. Stories of tragedy and struggle. Stories of praise and victory, and stories of just barely holding on. Stories of redemption and transformation. I spent a lot of time praying during those weeks, my eyes opened to the reality that we are surrounded by stories—all of them unfinished, all of them desperate to be told.

      The album I wrote and recorded, The Story of Your Life, set a handful of these stories to music. I prayed

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