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With raw vulnerability, this hard rock princess tells her own story of physical abuse, drug use, suicide attempts, and more--and her ultimate salvation. She asks the hard questions so many young people are asking--Why am I here? Why am I empty? Why should I go on living?--showing readers that beyond the temporary highs and the soul-crushing lows there is a reason they exist and a purpose for their lives. She not only gives readers a peek down the rocky path that led her to become a vocalist in a popular hardcore band, but she shows them that the same God is guiding their steps today.
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2014 by Lacey Sturm
Published by Baker Books
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P. O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www. bakerbooks. com
Ebook edition created 2014
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meansfor example, electronic, photocopy, recordingwithout the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1-4412-4652-3
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible , New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. , Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Scripture labeled KJV is from the King James Version of the Bible.
To protect the privacy of those who have shared their stories with the author, some details and names have been changed.
llustrations by Jordan Clarke, www. jordanclarkdesign. com .
Published in association with Yates & Yates, www. yates2 . com .
A book with this much substance will, without a doubt, live on to change lives for generations. I truly believe Laceys story has fallen into your hands at the perfect time. Dive right in and find out the reason.
from the foreword by Brian Head Welch , lead guitar for Korn / Love & Death, author of Save Me from Myself
Fresh. Passionate. Powerful. Lacey Sturm does in The R eason what she has done her whole careershe tells the truth, sings the truth, dances the truth. Her story will blow you away, and her heart will touch you. Read The Reason . Just like her voice and presence, Laceys writing compels and penetrates, and in the end she will change you.
Chap Clark , PhD , author of Hurt : Inside the World of Today s Teenagers
In a time where the gulf between sacred and secular seems to grow incrementally, Lacey bridges the gap with her soul-bearing candor, raw passion, and prophetic insight. She communicates the comedy, tragedy, and triumph of her life story with fluidity and grace, and her message is timelessly impactful. It screams of Jesus Christ, who is alive and active today, even in our darkest times, and the great news that no one is beyond his reach.
John L . Cooper , lead singer of Skillet
At its core Laceys story is one of hope. From desperation to redemption to victory, this is an amazing journey that, apart from God, would not be possible. Hers is a story that will encourage and challenge all who read it.
Michael W . Smith , singer and songwriter
I have been fortunate to witness Lacey grow from singer/songwriter to wife to mommy to now author. She is an amazing soul with a heart like no other. Her life and her story have been such an encouragement to me, and I know this book will also inspire and change you forever.
Sonny Sandoval , lead singer of P. O. D. , founding member of The Whosoevers
Lacey has touched so many lives around the world through her music. Her story will hit your heart.
Ryan Ries , cofounder of The Whosoevers
Lacey Sturm is a voice of hope to a hurting generation. In her book, you will experience Gods unstoppable heart for you and for those in your life who need a supernatural reset. Laceys message is real, raw, and dripping with love. Dive in and be blessed!
Nick Hall , founder and primary communicator of PULSE
To Brittany Wigand. Thank you for caring about the passerby behind the music you fell in love with. Your story always reminds me of how God can turn my worst moments into glory in the lives of others, if only I will let him. Its with youyour encouragement and your storyin mind that I wrote this book. I believe in you so much.
To the one like my teenage self, who is a breath away from finding the beauty of a life worth living.
To whoever needs to know that God loves you and has a plan for your life, and though you will die one day, he doesnt want you to die tonight.
You are important, loved, and prayed for.
Love, Lacey
Cover
Title
Copyright Page
Endorsements
Dedication
Epigraph
Foreword by Brian Head Welch
This Today
From Shadows
The Reason I Lived
The Reason I Love Jazz
The Reason I Became an Atheist
The Reason I Fell in Love with Sadness
The Reason I Loved Nirvana
The Reason I Stopped Caring
The Reason I Wanted to Scream
The Reason I Wanted to Die
The Reason I Couldnt Kill Myself
Into the Half-Light
The Reason Im Alive
The Reason Im Beautiful
The Reason I Sing
The Reason I Wanted to Change the World
The Reason I Wanted to Go to Hell
The Reason I Couldn t Sleep
The Reason I Stepped Down from Flyleaf
The Reason God Will Always Love Us
Your Tomorrow
Afterword by Franklin Graham
Acknowledgments
About Lacey
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It would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.
C. S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
T here is a state of being that, unfortunately, countless people have fallen into. A place so empty that words fail to accurately express the hopelessness felt in the soul. The person feels completely and utterly lost. Besides the heartbeat keeping the body alive, all else seems dead.
The end.
But that very end can become a new beginning where a brand-new structure rises out of the gloom of emptiness.
There have been countless stories about this mind-boggling change of existence, and my life happens to be one of them. I cofounded the rock band KoRn in the early 1990s. My success exceeded way beyond what I ever could have hoped for. But my failures totally shattered all of my accomplishments, and I was left to waste away in a prison of drug addiction, depression, and despair.
I was spared for a reason .
The heart of a human being isnt only an organ that pumps blood through the veins. The heart is at the very core of who a person is.
It has the capacity to experience the bliss of heaven.
It has the capacity to feel the miserable hollowness of hell.
Lacey Sturm has experienced both of these extremes, and she has been given an incredibly important platform to help turn our generation around.
Ive known Lacey for a few years now, and her story will always be one of the most jaw-dropping life transformations Ive ever heard. Each time I hear her story I can feel her hopeless pain and sorrow as she reached the point where she gave up on life after trying to satisfy herself with the worlds antidotes, which only left her soul in agony.
Lacey was spared for a reason .
Pain is an interesting experience we all have to go through. In this race of life, pain has the power to drag us down and ruin the rest of our livesor it can be used as wind under our wings to lift us to the glorious heights of destiny. Weve seen it countless times.
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