Finding Your Voice
When I started to do what I loved to do, what God had created me to do — operating fully in my gifting — I began to understand more clearly God’s call on my life. ~ Natalie Grant
I think we have all, at some point in our lives, wondered what the Lord wants for us, from us. What are we supposed to be doing with our lives? Should we take the easy path, the safe path? Should we follow our dreams or plant our feet firmly on the ground?
As I watch my teenage daughter try to figure out what to do with her life, I am reminded of the constant struggle that takes place between reality and dreams. What she wants to do vs what she feels she should do. Trying to balance the profitable against the passion. Listening carefully for what the Lord wants but not being sure. I’ve watched her go back and forth between two very different directions for her life. I listen to her as she struggles to decide which path she should take.
In Finding Your Voice, Natalie Grant takes us through her journey of self discovery. Her path wasn’t as clear as some may think. It was filled with ups and downs, trials and triumphs. It wasn’t until she lost her voice that her true calling began to unfold as she took a trip that, in many ways, changed her life.
Obviously, her focus is on singing, but the truths and guidance she shares as she tells her story are applicable to all walks of life no matter the profession. The book is not preachy. It’s a down-to-earth presentation that is meant to help others seek their calling in life by setting aside outside expectations and listening, truly listening, to the Lord.
Book Description
In a culture that praises blending in over standing out, productivity over purpose, and noise over truth, many women find their God-given voice compromised, quieted, or even mocked. We all long to live out our divinely designed passions and unique talents, yet too often it becomes so much easier in the face of opposition to stay silent altogether. What if God is calling you to so much more?
As a working mom, wife, artist, and abolitionist, Natalie Grant has struggled to live on purpose while battling the worldly demands of keeping up the appearance of perfection. Emerging from her own dark spiral of suffocating inadequacy, Natalie found fresh hope in the truth that God has already given women everything they need to live out their God-given identity, passions, and calling. Finding Your Voice offers the heart-rallying, life-giving truth that a woman’s voice is not an uncalled for interference to be silenced, but a gift to be used for God’s Kingdom purposes. In voice lessons as in life, a strong vocal identity requires us to first stand firm, breath deep, and finally, go for it—loud and clear.
With rich scriptural study and personal stories infusing every chapter, Finding Your Voice reveals how to discover your own unique talent, train it according to God’s Word, and start using it for the good of others—without guilt and apology.
Meet the Author
Since her 2005 breakout RIAA Gold certified album Awaken, multi-Grammy nominated artist Natalie Grant has remained one of the top-selling Christian and Gospel artists with over 3 million in sales. The Gospel Music Association has named her the Female Vocalist of the Year five times, and she has had multiple songs and albums on the Billboard charts. More important than accolades, her passion is to help people across the globe discover their God-given calling and encourage them to live it out to the fullest potential. An outspoken advocate for victims of human trafficking, Grant cofounded Hope for Justice International a multinational organization that rescues and provides complete restorative care for victims of trafficking. Grant makes her home in Nashville, with her husband producer, and songwriter, Bernie Herms, and their three children: twins Grace and Bella and their youngest, Sadie. Follow Natalie at www.nataliegrant.com
