#29: The Beautiful Things We Miss with Matthew West

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Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Our guest this week is singer and songwriter, Matthew West. Matthew just released a brand new album called "All In." When we heard about Matthew's heart behind the album, we knew we had to interview him.

Most noteworthy, our conversation centers around a song on the album called, "The Beautiful Things We Miss." If you listen to our podcast, you can already tell where this is going.

As a self-described "professional Christian," West knows how easy it can be to coast, to pretend his spiritual life is in a better place than it actually is.

“That’s a dangerous place to be,” he says. “That’s what the Bible talks about. Being lukewarm. So I’ve had this idea that I want to be all in like never before. I want to be all in with the songs that I write, I want to be all in with my time with the Lord, I want to be all in with my wife, I want to be all in with my relationship with my daughters.”

As a husband, dad, and "professional Christian," Matthew takes us behind his crooked picture frame, and tells us what it means for him to be "all in." As you listen to this episode, may you ponder these lyrics:

Open up my eyes, Lord
Keep me in the moment just like this
Before the beautiful things we love
Become the beautiful things we miss

Show notes:

Matthew West's album, ALL IN

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Josh.
0:10.3	And I'm Christy.
0:11.3	You know, we all have family picture frames, frames that reflect the people who bring us the most joy, but also the people who can bring us the most frustration.
0:20.4	Yet, no matter what, the people in
0:22.4	those frames have your back, and you have theirs. Regardless of who's in your frame, you're in it
0:28.4	together. They are your legacy. Welcome to the In This Together podcast, where we go behind the scenes
0:35.9	to share stories from our own crooked picture frame.
0:39.3	And interview guests to discover how their stories can give us insight on becoming families
0:45.1	who live, love, and lead well.
0:47.4	Because you're not alone. We're all in this together. All In This Together.
1:08.4	This episode of the In This Together podcast is brought to you by Forcefield, the best parental control product on the market for managing screens in your home.
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1:17.6	Become a digital mentor to your kids.
1:20.6	That's Josh. And I'm Christy. And I're listening for the first time we want to welcome you yeah i am josh and i'm christie
1:47.2	and i'm looking at her in the eyes right now and she looks stunning today oh stuff
1:52.9	yeah really thanks so much you're welcome our podcast is really all about being in this and this
1:59.8	with the picture frame crooked,
2:02.3	this thing called family together.
2:05.1	And we really desire, at least for us,
2:08.3	as we raise our two little feisty kiddos,
2:11.0	to raise a generation of kids who live, love, and lead well.
2:15.2	And so everything that we do in this podcast,
	...

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