Page 185: Granger Smith: Country Music Star Finds Faith After Tragedy
The Unfolding
Northwestern Media
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🗓️ 19 January 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Granger Smith had always found it easy to work hard on the things he was passionate about. Country music was at the top of that list. Last year after 24 years of touring as an award-winning, platinum-selling, singer and songwriter, Granger made the decision to leave the music business to pursue a future in ministry. That was something that a few years ago would have seemed impossible. But a tragic accident at his family's home in 2019 had forced Granger onto a new path. He finally understood that no matter how hard he worked, he could not save himself. Granger is the host of the Granger Smith Podcast and the author of Life After River:Finding the Faith and Strength to Move Forward After Loss and Heartache. Caution: This episode includes some graphic content, including the loss of a child and discussion of suicide.
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| 0:00.0 | Page 185 of the unfolding is the story of Granger Smith. |
| 0:05.1 | I was completely crippled by these visions. |
| 0:07.9 | PTSD, thoughts of the pool, and the failure of CPR. |
| 0:11.5 | It would wake me up in the middle of the night. |
| 0:13.2 | They would pop into my head while I was on stage. |
| 0:15.4 | I was losing my grip on everything as I tried harder and harder to fix myself. |
| 0:21.0 | God's story has been unfolding. |
| 0:24.5 | Since the beginning of time. |
| 0:27.7 | He invites you to be a part of it. |
| 0:34.1 | Another page in the unfolding. |
| 0:46.3 | Yeah. another page in the unfolding. Hi, this is Meredith Foster. |
| 0:49.2 | Granger Smith had always found it easy to work hard, especially when it came to things he |
| 0:53.6 | was passionate about. |
| 0:54.7 | On the top of that list was country music, and after years of hard work, he was seeing great |
| 1:00.5 | success. And then last year, after 24 years of touring as an award-winning platinum-selling |
| 1:07.0 | artist, Granger made the decision to leave the music business to pursue a future in ministry. |
| 1:13.7 | Something that a few years ago would have seemed impossible. A tragic accident at Granger's |
| 1:18.6 | family home in 2019 had forced him onto a new path. He finally understood no matter how hard |
| 1:25.7 | he worked, he couldn't save himself. A word of caution about |
| 1:29.5 | this episode, Granger's story includes some really tough and sometimes graphic content, including |
| 1:35.3 | the loss of a child and discussion of suicide. I was the oldest child of three boys. I grew up in a |
| 1:42.6 | very faithful household. My mother and father were very |
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