How Do You Trust God When Your Body is Broken? (The Rob Roozeboom Story)
The Matthew West Podcast
The Matthew West Podcast
5 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
“Is this God’s plan or His punishment?” It’s a question many have wrestled with. On the podcast, my friend Rob Roozeboom—founder of RiseFest and author of Broken Still Chosen—shares his raw journey with muscular dystrophy, years of anger toward God, and the moment God met him in his deepest pain to transform his heart. Let’s go to the Story House!
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| 0:00.0 | And everybody listening to this podcast, we're all going to have things that happen in our lives that are going to make us question, is this God's plan or is this God's punishment? |
| 0:09.0 | I went from bitterness and anger to I have never been more in love with Jesus than I am right now. And I can't walk. I can't stand. And so why do we do rise fast? Because I want people to know this Jesus as much as I do. |
| 0:24.4 | A lot of times I forget that I am in need of a step by step, moment by moment, conversation |
| 0:31.1 | with God. |
| 0:32.3 | I want people to understand they are not forgotten. |
| 0:35.8 | I know the enemy wants to tell you that. |
| 0:38.1 | He wants you to say, see, God forgot? |
| 0:40.0 | No. |
| 0:41.1 | No, he hasn't. |
| 0:42.0 | It's called on Matthew West Podcast. |
| 0:44.2 | He really hope you like it. |
| 0:46.6 | I really hope you like it. |
| 0:51.0 | What's up, my friends? |
| 0:52.1 | Welcome to another episode of the Matthew West podcast. I'm your host, |
| 0:55.3 | Matthew West, and as always, I really hope you like it. Welcome to the Storyhouse. Hopefully you're |
| 0:59.2 | watching on our official YouTube page. Maybe you're listening. Hey, wherever you're listening or |
| 1:05.5 | watching, be sure to leave a comment. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast. That helps us out so much. And most importantly, |
| 1:12.9 | send this episode or any episode that has touched your heart to somebody who you think could |
| 1:17.9 | use some encouragement. And speaking of encouragement, that's exactly what is going to take place |
| 1:22.1 | today's episode. I can't wait to share this guest with you. But first, I got to tell you |
| 1:26.5 | about a few things that are going on in my life. Did you know that we just announced the 26 Alaskan cruise with yours |
| 1:32.5 | truly? You can cruise to Alaska with the West family. Some of my favorite artists and songwriters |
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