Craig Morgan’s Story of Loss, Faith, and the Healing Power of Music

The Matthew West Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Country music star and Grand Ole Opry member Craig Morgan shares an incredibly raw, honest, and ultimately hope-filled conversation with me about his journey. He opens up about how that painful season taught him that "sometimes our pain is for other people" and how God can bring purpose from our deepest valleys. This is a story about faith, family, and the amazing truth that even when we don't understand His plan, God's work is getting done through us. Let’s go to the Story House!

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0:00.0	I said, you remember when you guys were in Korea and you just won the TV show and you guys
0:03.5	did a concert and it was a kid that opened up for y'all?
0:05.9	He goes, yeah, I do remember that.
0:07.1	He said, I remember that guy was really good singing, but he couldn't play a guitar for crap.
0:10.9	I said, that was me.
0:12.2	And Mark said, well, things haven't changed much, have they?
0:16.1	That's amazing. Amazing. Reading your story. You grew up with a love for country music and didn't start writing
0:22.1	songs until you were actually in the military. Is that right? Throughout my entire military career,
0:26.6	every jump that I ever made, when you stand in the door, when you exit that aircraft, it's either
0:32.1	going to be really good or it's going to be really bad. You don't have time to process that.
0:38.0	When you focus on your relationship with God,
0:41.1	everything else is going to be where it's supposed to be.
0:43.3	Doesn't mean it's going to be good.
0:44.5	No.
0:44.7	That means it's going to be easy.
0:45.8	It doesn't mean it's not going to hurt.
0:46.8	You can't do God's work, bro.
0:48.2	I can't do God's work.
0:49.8	Only God can do God's work.
0:51.7	That's powerful. When you focus on your relationship with God, God's work is
0:56.3	getting done through you.
0:57.3	It's all the Matthew West podcast. He really hope you like it. I really hope you like it.
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