The Last Word
A songwriter once wrote these words : “ We ’ ll travel over mountains so high , we ’ ll go through valleys so low . Still through it all we ’ ll find that this is the greatest journey the human heart will ever see . . . the love of God will take us far beyond our wildest dreams .” Okay , I confess , that songwriter was me and the song was “ The Great Adventure .” Even as I wrote those words , I had already experienced higher mountains and deeper valleys than I could ’ ve ever imagined as a boy riding rollercoasters . And I certainly had no idea how much higher and deeper the journey was going to take me . I ’ d love to take you on some of that journey with me , if you ’ d like to come .
A Troubadour ’ s Tale
One of Christian music ’ s most beloved artists , Steven Curtis Chapman has been writing the soundtrack to our lives for decades . Now , he ’ s sharing his own story . In a memoir as stirring and compelling as any of his iconic songs , Chapman reminds us what true faith looks like , the transformative power of hope and the redemptive promise of heaven . ng .
While I ’ ve woven my life and my story into the songs I ’ ve written all these years , my desire has always been to tell the bigger story of God ’ s grace and faithfulness . With my prayer being , “ God , I want to know you , and I want to make you known with the gifts you have given me and the life I live ,” my songs have always come from the places in my journey where I ’ ve come to see more of who God is and more of my need for Him . I want to tell honest stories and sing songs about how God shows up in our “ real world .” So that ’ s what my hope and prayer is for this book , as well . That as I share my journey over the mountains and through the valleys with you , you might find encouragement for your own journey and be reminded of what ’ s true as we travel this journey together . . . between heaven and the real world .
Excerpt taken from Between Heaven and the Real World by Steven Curtis Chapman with Ken Abraham . Revell , a division of Baker Publishing Group , © 2017 . Used by permission . For more , visist stevencurtischapman . com