What if Your Biggest Wound is the Key to Your Calling? Jamie MacDonald's Story
The Matthew West Podcast
The Matthew West Podcast
5 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
How does a high school dropout who sang backup for local rappers end up with a #1 Christian song called "Desperate"? Jamie MacDonald shares one of the most powerful and honest testimonies you will ever hear. In this episode, she pulls back the curtain on her incredible journey, from a troubled childhood and years of struggling with drugs and alcohol, to the moment at age 21 when she hit "low enough" and cried out to God to rescue her. Let’s go to the Story House!
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| 0:00.0 | The bishops came up to me after and they're like, |
| 0:02.0 | You are anointed young lady! |
| 0:04.0 | And I was just like, hallelujah! |
| 0:06.0 | I know God works all things for the good. |
| 0:08.0 | Like, I know the scripture, but like when you get to see it play out where you're like, oh, he can use even this. |
| 0:13.0 | I just would pray and be reminded of what God spoke to me when I was young and I remembered that he said he had a plan for my life and you know I'm looking around like this can't be the plan and I just said god if you can get me out of here I would love to |
| 0:24.8 | know what that plan is that you have for my life I never thought I could actually stand up in |
| 0:29.5 | front of everybody and own it but to actually step out and tell my story it's time to share and |
| 0:35.5 | be brave and be strong the healing it comes about when we see how God |
| 0:39.0 | uses our wounds to bring about healing in somebody else's life. That's game changer stuff, isn't it? |
| 0:44.5 | I really hope you like it. I really hope you like it. |
| 0:52.9 | What's up everybody? Welcome to another episode of the Matthew West podcast. I'm your host |
| 0:57.3 | Matthew West and as always I really hope you like it. Thanks for joining me today. Maybe you're |
| 1:02.4 | watching on my official YouTube page or listening in your car or at work. But whatever it is, |
| 1:09.3 | man, thanks for joining me. I can't wait for today's show. |
| 1:12.6 | This is going to be a fun one. |
| 1:13.8 | But first, I want to make sure you know my latest book, My Story, |
| 1:16.6 | Your Glory, is available now wherever you pick up books, Amazon, |
| 1:20.9 | or go to Matthews.com. |
| 1:22.4 | It's a 30-day devotional. |
| 1:24.1 | And if you're looking for a new Devo to kind of hit some encouragement midway through the year, |
| 1:30.3 | be sure to check out my story, Your Glory. Also, on tour a little bit this summer, so go to |
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