All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

Written by Beth Moore

Narrated by Beth Moore

An incredibly thoughtful, disarmingly funny, and intensely vulnerable glimpse into the life and ministry of a woman familiar to many but known by few.

“It’s a peculiar thing, this having lived long enough to take a good look back. We go from knowing each other better than we know ourselves to barely sure if we know each other at all, to precisely sure that we don’t. All my knotted-up life I’ve longed for the sanity and simplicity of knowing who’s good and who’s bad. I’ve wanted to know this about myself as much as anyone. This was not theological. It was strictly relational. God could do what he wanted with eternity. I was just trying to make it here in the meantime. As benevolent as he has been in a myriad of ways, God has remained aloof on this uncomplicated request.” ―Beth Moore

All My Knotted-Up Life is a beautifully crafted portrait of resilience and survival, a poignant reminder of God’s enduring faithfulness, and proof positive that if we ever truly took the time to hear people’s full stories . . . we’d all walk around slack-jawed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
• Release date: Feb 21, 2023
• ISBN: 9781496480514

Beth Moore

Author and speaker Beth Moore is a dynamic teacher whose conferences take her across the globe. She has written numerous bestselling books and Bible studies. She is also the founder and visionary of Living Proof Ministries based in Houston, TX.

Reviews for All My Knotted-Up Life

[Alexis Houston · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

So, so good. I absolutely loved and enjoyed this entire book!!! Oh my goodness.

[Charity Golden · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Absolutely spectacular. Vulnerable, honest and humble. She shares her tragedies with thoroughness without playing victim; her journey with all the bends and twists; and her deep believe that God is one of restoration, making all things good as He is ever-bound to us, ever near.

[Erin Willis · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

So thankful you had the bravery to write this book Beth! I am proud of you. I hurt for you. I am thankful for you. I grieve with you and with eerily familiarity, I am you.

[Wendy Booth · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

My husband and I both listened to this book. We laughed, we cried, we got angry and we found great joy. Thank you Beth for your honesty and sharing your story with us. May God continue to bless you and your family.

[Naomi Gilman · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

They say one should not meet their hero’s for fear of disappointment. In this book I have “met” one of mine through her openness and honesty, and yet for knowing so much more of the darkness of her story, I can only esteem her all the more, and be all the more in awe of God’s love and work. A must read!

[tim · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

?. Moved to worship Jesus. Thank you. Thank you. This came just at the right time.

[Blanca Jackson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I laughed out loud and cried with "All My Knotted-Up Life." This is storytelling at its best: engaging, honest, sometimes painful, and ultimately encouraging. It is inspirational without being contrived or sappy, proving one can walk through a maelstrom with grace. For Christians, but also for those interested in how faith can shape a life.

[brenda curtice · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

If you grew to love Scripture via Beth’s teaching—do yourself a favor and read, or better still, listen to her read it to you!

[Eric Kuhn · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wow! This memoir of Beth’s was balm to weary soul.

[Landon Reynolds · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Listening to this is like sitting with a friend. In hearing Beth’s story, pieces of my own that have never made sense, suddenly do. You didn’t have to share this with us, Beth, but you did. Thank you, unendingly. The Lord has and will surely use it.

[pvschaffner · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Hearing Beth read was the best way to hear"read" her heartfelt memoir. My walk with Jesus included many of your studies & Living Proof Live events (including Scripture memorizing get together at FBC in Houston) ❤️ Travis Cottrell- the way he led us in worship & his writing songs, re-writing hymns --- some of my all-time favorite. In Christ Alone ❣️???✝️. God's continued blessings on the remaining time we each have on this journey, this side of Home(Heaven).

[Maureen Horrocks · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I loved her before the book but now I am in awe of her! I am pretty sure I love Jesus more too now. I have recommended the book to many people - but listening to Beth tell her story is a must!

[Stephanie · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Beth,
Your trusting us with your truth is such an honor. I’m so grateful for your book, it gives me courage to try and write my own truth.
I’m so very sorry for all the pain you’ve suffered but with your telling, it helps shed light on exactly how God never left us in spite of such immense hardship and pain. I’m so glad Keith is back with you mentally and that you can grow old together.
I can imagine that your worst pain is the last pain you spoke of with the church body…
Praise God He has given you a new church family. May you find pure love and great Spiritual freedom there Beth
Thanks for years and years of helping me to not give into the pain but keeping trusting God to see me through.
Stephanie Owen
(Working with the Burmese refugees in Thailand)

[Patricia Miles Henry · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Every Page held me. Thank you Beth for what must have been bravery to write your life for others to gleam from. Yes, every page held me.

[LibbyLintonSellers · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Authentic, vulnerable, A life well lived doesn’t mean an easy to live life

[Lori MacLeod · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Best audio book I have heard in a long time. Would 100% recommend to any listener! Thank you, Beth!

[brian cowan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It's a laugh out loud, cry out loud story of a life that reads like a novel. The dark, painful parts are told with tenderness. Beth's story is evidence of God's faithfulness.

[Joyce · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

What an honest and open review of a very human life. Thank you for reminding me that people in the “public eye” are simple humans as we all are. Thank you for using your life story to help reveal and heal the hurts buried so deep I thought Jesus would never get all the root out. I still have a long way to go, but I feel as though you walked that extra mile with me to keep me out of the ditches. Thank you!

[Christy Jones · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is very engaging and painfully honest. Beth’s voice needs to be heard.

[Joy Engelsman · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Honest, raw, but at its core, it is full of hope. I wept and laughed through the stories so beautifully narrated by the author. Beth Moore has a gift of stringing together words that create art for the heart. Thank you for this moving and encouraging memoir.

[Mari Mavrodaris · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

After having completed several of Mrs. Moore's bible studies, I was captivated and eager to delve deeper into her work, her life. I must say, getting to know her through this audio book (hearing her tone and emotions) was an absolute delight. I found myself both laughing and shedding tears as I journeyed along with her. It is with a touch of melancholy that I bid farewell to this book, as it has truly left a lasting impact on me.

[Karen Ray · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a must read! Loved every word of it!

[Leslie · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I laughed out loud more than once. What a brilliant and beautiful memoir. The writing is beautiful and the narration was fantastic. A few parts had the potential to be pretty upsetting, but Ms. Moore did an amazing job of avoiding explicit detail without glossing it over. Portraying the pain and hurt while not burdening the reader with reliving the trauma, if that makes sense. This book was a joy to listen to.

[Megan West · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love being a part of a book club since sometimes there are books chosen that I wouldn’t have picked up. This was one of those. I loved hearing about Beth Moore’s Arkansas roots- even when they were painful to read. I laughed and cried, and I admire her grit and courage for this book. I also would love to hang out and be bffs.

[Bernard Bennett · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was so moving. It was like listening to a novel. What a great story.

[Malcolm T · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Beth’s passion for her savior and her family shine in this heartbreaking and hopeful memoir of loss and recovery.

[Debbie Jayne Doolin · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Oh!!! It's so good to hear the story behind all the gossip and media bents! Read beautifully by the author, expressing her emotions, her passion, and unquestioned, lifelong devotion to serving the Lord, ever holding fast to His Word, this audiobook was hard to put down!

As one woman who's gone through Beth's Bible studies and marveled at the countless, often life changing insights never noticed before, I appreciate this telling of her life story thoroughly!

Thank you, Beth (and family), for sharing your grief and terror and timeline, your joy and growth, and your passion, peace, and loves with us - with such openness and vulnerability. No wonder we relate to you!!

I'm deeply moved and grieving for the vast depths of pain you and yours have had to go through, but am also extraordinarily grateful for what you've revealed, because your experiences help make you ever so real to the rest of us, the oh so fallible humans out here! Knowing you survived ALL that, offers hope us as we face the "all this," in our own lives. Now, like never before, we understand that you understand!

I have to add that you are loved, and I'm OH SO HAPPY to know you're surrounded and supported by faithful friends who have stuck with you, walked and prayed and cried and learned and laughed right along with you. I pray that these, and more, (especially those precious daughters and that loving husband and those darling grandchildren), continue to encourage and bless you, visiting often, forever more. =)

God bless you in your new home church. May you and Keith be mightily loved on!!!

I'm so glad the Lord's seen fit to stretch and bless me through you, and am saying a prayer for you tonight, asking the Lord to fill you up 'till you're overflowing with that joy you exude, and the "deep, deep love of Jesus, " until we get to meet on that glorious shore!

PS. Your Tabernacle Study was a doozy, but I threw myself into it in a small church long ago (24 years?) during a horrific time in my life, and it will always be my favorite I think! I thought the homework was prettttyyyy intense at that point, but as a newly divorced, trauma wracked, single mom of a three year old, it was full of absolute "WOW" moments and truly life changing for me.

Thank you for being obedient to the call! (I stand along with you, amazed by, and applauding, the efforts of those amazing women who must have studied themselves silly through your first drafts! Smile. Please share my heartfelt thanks with them, as well)!

[Barbara Bryan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Beth is an absolute precious soul !! Great book .

[boshoffhenk54 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Raw, gut-wrenching, hilarious, heartbreaking, puzzling, mesmerizing - all true of this memoir.

Beth Moore neither paints just a pretty picture of herself nor portrays herself as just a victim. It feels so authentic and honest.

It has confronted me in a number of ways, but also helped me let go of some things that were necessary. It has inspired me to keep delving deeper to discover more of the only God who could bring all of our pain, faults, regrets, hopes, dreams, and fears together and create such an astonishing picture. A picture, I’m sure, of which we still only see very limited parts.

Thank you for writing it, Beth Moore!

[Beth And Jeff Schulze · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Such a great listen. So much depth, truth and integrity. Spoke to my heart