If you've ever thought to yourself, God could never have use for someone like me, you need to listen to Lost Boy: My Story, the autobiography of Pastor Greg Laurie. This story positively proves that God chooses to use the weak and foolish things of this world to confound those who are wise and mighty. To put it mildly, Greg Laurie had a troubled childhood. Although he's now senior pastor of one of the largest churches in America, Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, his youth was precariously unstable. Born illegitimately and raised by a wild and reckless, alcoholic mother, who married seven times during his developmental years, Greg has every claim to the term "dysfunctional family."
Yet his spiritual rags-to-riches story is nothing short of miraculous. He's the Rocky Balboa of the religious, testifying that God can—and does—turn our worst failures and tragedies into our greatest triumphs.
Yet his spiritual rags-to-riches story is nothing short of miraculous. He's the Rocky Balboa of the religious, testifying that God can—and does—turn our worst failures and tragedies into our greatest triumphs.