Ok, I'll admit it. I was into wrestling when I was a child. Razor Ramon was my favorite and my brother and I only watched WWF. WCW didn't exist for us. Shawn Michaels wasn't hugely on my radar, but I knew who he was. I admit, I requested this book because it brought back memories and I was curious about the wrestling world from that time period by an insider. I was also rather curious to see how he dealt with that world as a Christian. I had no idea he was one.

And he wasn't, until after he came back to wrestling after his first retirement. Complete 180 in how he behaved with the other wrestlers behind the curtain and how his storylines went in front of the camera.

This book was very insightful and humble. He wasn't bragging about anything, other than God and how God's plan was unfolding, from even before Shawn was a Christian. Hind-sight is 20/20 and Shawn Michaels applied it to his life and was shocked and awed by God's love for him and others. He shares his mistakes and his following the road God planned for him, before he took Christ as his Lord and Savior, and afterwards. He admits he's not magically perfect because he's now a Christian, just that he can deal with things better when they do happen.

His wife was really an amazing person, praying for him instead of nagging. She is also a strong Christian and their kids are as well. It's great to see how God works in the lives of all, money, position, fame, have nothing to do with how God treats us all. Even the powerful can be humble and thankful and blessed by God.

Not sure that makes a whole lot of sense, but I really enjoyed reading this book and you can feel the love he has for God coming through the words on the page. It takes guts to share the ugly parts of one's life, along with the good and the bad, but he does it. Not to sensationalize it, not to shock or name names. He wants to show where he came from and how God's love and his accepting it changed him for the better. He wants to share it because he wants the same for everyone. That's powerful.

Really good book, four solid stars. I would recommend this for wrestling fans and those who enjoy reading about the lives of famous people who see the light and decide to follow God's will and not their own.

My thanks to NetGalley and Zondervan Non-Fiction for an eARC copy of this book to read and review.