“There are times when nothing else is enough,” she said. She recognized them along the way too, because there were many times that was all she had to keep her going. If you allow the Lord to work through some of your story with you, you would be able to see His hand prints all over it.”Īs she’s reflected back on her own life, Moore has recognized God’s hand prints on every part of her story. “But somehow at the end of it, I realized I may not feel like I have a very good story, but I have had a very good God. “I think often we look back on our lives and have so many regrets and questions and frustrations,” she continued. “I went into it knowing that I was going to share some things I’d never shared before, and there is a relief that I can just come out of that writing process and go, ‘Here are some things we dealt with now, and let’s see how we can encourage you in the aftermath of having told that,’” she said. Although it was an emotional process, she came out on the other side grateful for the new lessons she learned along the way. When Moore sat down to write her memoir, she knew she would have to bring a layer of vulnerability she’d never used before. It’s a role that she takes very seriously. Someone older and wiser who could show others what it meant to stay focused on God throughout the ups and downs of life. For many women who grew up in the Church in the 2000s, she has been a bit of a spiritual big sister. Moore continually brings up the importance of setting an example for younger believers. But I just want it to encourage somebody else who needs to hear it.” It would have saved me a lot of time, a lot of trouble and a lot of anxiety. “I don’t want it to just be a value to me, because if it was, I could have done that in a journal. “I hope is a value to someone else,” Moore continued. ![]() ![]() But I can see how good God has been good to me all along. “I would have told you that the whole thing looked like one mess. “If you had asked me 10, 15, 20 years ago, I would have told you my story in a completely different way,” she said. It’s messier, freer, more confusing, but ultimately still good. “I would have thought by the time I was 65, I would be able to just sum up some things and it would all have come together on one trajectory I could easily define,” she said, “But that is not what happened.”Īs she’s gotten older, she’s found that life isn’t about having all the answers. But she’s gotten some perspective and realized through it all, she’s found a story worth telling. On one hand, it’s easy for Moore to look back on her life and only see “the trainwreck,” as she lovingly refers to it.
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