Ep 1041 | Granger Smith on Suicide, Self-Love & IVF | Guest: Granger Smith

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

Blaze Podcast Network

News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

4.6 • 19.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Today we’re joined by Granger Smith, a former country music singer turned minister and author of the new book "Like a River." In this episode, Granger shares his profound journey, explaining why he left the music industry after over 25 years to pursue ministry. Following the tragic loss of his son River in a drowning accident in 2019, Granger's life was forever changed. This heartbreaking event brought him closer to Jesus and ultimately became the catalyst for his path into Christian ministry. Granger details how he dipped into “self-help” therapy but realized the practices were not rooted in truth but were actually dangerous and addictive. Additionally, he explains why his family chose IVF to have his son Maverick, the internal struggles with feelings of sinfulness, and why he believes IVF should not be recommended. Get your tickets for Share the Arrows: https://www.sharethearrows.com/ Pre-order Allie's new book: https://a.co/d/4COtBxy --- Timecodes: (02:22) Leaving country music (11:25) Losing River (15:38) Self-love vs. self-hate (20:30) Self-help (24:59) How the death of his son affected his marriage (30:45) Working through struggles of seeking validation (34:40) Sanctification and spending time with God (43:52) IVF --- Today's Sponsors: Jase Medical — get up to a year’s worth of many of your prescription medications delivered in advance. Go to JaseMedical.com today and use promo code “ALLIE". Good Ranchers — Go to GoodRanchers.com and use code ALLIE at checkout to claim $25 off your first box, free express shipping, and your FREE gold medal add-on for the next four years. A’del — try A'del's hand-crafted, artisan, small-batch cosmetics and use promo code ALLIE 25% off your first time purchase at AdelNaturalCosmetics.com Birch Gold — protect your future with gold. Text 'ALLIE' to 989898 for a free, zero obligation info kit on diversifying and protecting your savings with gold. --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 1018 | Former IVF Doctor Blows the Whistle | Guest: Dr. Lauren Rubal https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-1018-former-ivf-doctor-blows-the-whistle-guest-dr/id1359249098?i=1000658815852 Ep 1007 | Republicans Push Taxpayer-Funded IVF | Guest: Andrew T. Walker https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-1007-republicans-push-taxpayer-funded-ivf-guest/id1359249098?i=1000656429233 Ep 980 | The Secret, Ethical Alternative to IVF | Guest: Catie VanDamme https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-980-the-secret-ethical-alternative-to-ivf-guest/id1359249098?i=1000651465868 Ep 788 | The 'Sextortion' Scheme that Killed His Son | Guest: Brian Montgomery https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-788-the-sextortion-scheme-that-killed-his-son/id1359249098?i=1000608843850 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Granger Smith is a former country artist. He left the industry a few years ago after God
0:06.2	called him elsewhere and God is using him and his family in absolutely incredible ways to share the testimony of redemption of his family after
0:16.7	tragedy struck a few years ago. We talk not just about his own spiritual journey but about marriage about parenting after losing a child.
0:26.8	We also talk about going through IVF and what he thinks about that reproductive technology today.
0:33.8	Oh my goodness.
0:36.1	This was an absolutely amazing and such an edifying conversation
0:40.6	that you guys are going to love so much. This episode is brought to you by
0:44.2	our friends at good ranchers. Go to good ranchers.com use code alley at
0:47.5	check out that's good ranchers.com code alley. Grandier, thanks so much for taking the time to join us.
1:03.0	I'm sure most watching this know exactly who you are, but for those who might not, can you tell us who you are and what you do?
1:10.0	Yes, I guess first, I'm a former country music singer and I've been saying that for 10 months now as we as we record this and
1:19.8	I was a country singer for most of my life about 25 years touring and putting out albums and
1:26.5	Can I just pause and say you do not look like you could have been doing something for 25 years? I saw that your first album came out in 1999 and I was like
1:36.1	a child star. I can't, I mean you just don't look like you had already a 25 year career. That's incredible. Anyway. Well, thank you.
1:46.3	And it has been, it has taken up, it's consumed most of my life and so this is a new season I'm in.
1:53.6	It's been an amazing season, a sweet season for the family and I.
2:00.1	A season of equipping really in ministry,
2:02.3	I think that's probably the best way to to look at it
2:05.1	it's I've just been I'm trying to be poured into as much as I can in a lot of different ways
2:10.9	and tell me a little more about that decision to leave country music. Like he said, it had
2:15.2	dominated your life for a long time. That's a huge change. Yeah, for sure. Well, I think the catalyst,
2:21.2	no doubt, was June 4th, we lost our little boy at River he was three and
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