Hurt Road by Mark Lee

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The Music, the Memories, and the Miles Between

Mark Lee is a founding member of the music group, Third Day, an award winning Christian rock band. I have never listened to them, I don't believe as I don't listen to rock music, but I found his story interesting.

This book is less about his music, though it's a prominent place, and more about God's leading and direction in his life. The writing is simple with no pretention. He really has almost nothing to say about their performances or life on the road. The book is about his journey to becoming a musician and his desire to follow Jesus first, a commitment he made the summer after high school.

Mark lost his dad at age 16 to brain cancer. It was a hard journey for him. Hit by a truck a couple years before that, he had some injuries to recover from there as well.

The last chapter kind of recaps the book in a way and I want to quote a few lines from there that give the gist of the story better than I can. "These simple things will lift us up during the times we are down and feel we don't deserve to breathe the same air as everyone else. They will keep us humble when we are up and we want to claim credit for ourselves. We realize that it is all God's. Most importantly, whatever happens, we are God's. It is an amazing way to live."

It is an interesting story. I really like how Mark seeks to give God the glory in everything he does, how he strives to put God first. After all, that is our purpose in life, to give glory to God.

I received this book from Revell Books and was not required to write a positive review.

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