This is a great interview. Our son, Tim, went to Heaven in 2009...for lack of a better word, it sucked. I was angry, I was doubtful, I was crushed. I didn't want to hear the "he's in a better place" or "God has something big planned for you" or "We just don't know God's will" comments because I was mad. Mad that God saw everything, He saw my whole life, my wife's whole life, and my son's whole life and ONLY gave us 16 years with him. I've come a LONG way since then. I never tell people that my son is dead, I always say that he's alive, in Heaven and I have no doubt whatsoever that I will see him again some day...and (IN MY MIND, MY DREAMS), he will be the one to say, "Hey dad, I want you to finally meet someone." as he grabs my hand and takes me to meet Jesus face to face. It will be a glorious day and my wife and I are so thankful for the promise of Heaven. Coincidentally, Tim was a HUGE fan of TobyMac and loved listening to all of the TruDog tracks on his CDs. Well done interview Wally, thanks for sharing it.

I lost my only 2 Sons, Austin (forever 29, in 2016) & Wade (forever 18, in 2006). I will always have broken pieces in my heart. 💔 But I have always been grateful & thanked God for the time that I was able to share with them. My Daughter, my only living child, & Son-in-law are raising my oldest Son's 2 girls, my granddaughters, along with their Son, my grandson. My Son, Wade, also wrote songs & was very good at it. We prayed just moments before his deadly accident. My Son Austin was a 100% Disabled Afghanistan Army Veteran. He suffered from severe PTSD. Thank you for sharing your faith & songs @TobyMac, God Bless You All. 🙏✝️👼💜

This one broke my heart. I know Toby doesn't know me personally, but his songs have spoken to me on such a personal level that he is like my family, and I wept when I heard that news. Thank you for not coming undone. Thank you for loving your son unconditionally. I simply cannot express how much I respect and love Toby Mac.

I also lost my first born daughter to a drug overdose the same year. I'm eternally grateful for Life After Death to helps me in my mourning.

Toby is such an amazingly strong person. I lost my best friend in the 5Th Grade to gun violence via his own Brother, right in front of me. The kid premeditated his own death and knew how his Brother would respond to choking his cat. Obviously I wasn't prepared as a 5Th grader to deal with the loss of a loved one who was as close as Family. I don't deal with death/loss well at all. I wanted someone to counsel and console at my school and when I didn't get that I responded with anger, drugs, and bad habits. I was a mess. My Heart Goes Out To The Toby Mac Family. You're all in my thoughts and prayers daily. I even had to witness a shooting at 4-5 years old due to a Home Invasion. The intruder went after my Big Brother. The Invader was saying he was going to kill me and my Mom when he was done with Bro. So I went to work on Mom and pleaded with her to get our gun and shoot this dead beat. At 4-5 years of age I tasted hate, anger, and serious emotion Etc I'm 55 years of age now and healthy and holding on strong. It's only because of God I'm alive, healthy, strong, not dead, or in the penitentiary. I recently began listening to Toby Mac again and started the healing process. I feel like my heart is breaking at times but I know God and his precious Son Has Me. I understand how both of you feel. Hang In There Mom & Toby & Fam. God Has You. One Day We All Shall Be Reunited In Heaven Again Perfected!! I Love You All!!!

I saw Toby Mac in 95 with DC talk and he got his Bible out in the middle of the concert and took about 15 mins. It wasn't fake or plastic. He genuinely trying to help someone. Been a fan ever since.

Praise God for his vulnerability and honesty. I'm a recovering drug addict and love Jesus Christ. He is my first love and my deliverer! I love Toby Mac's music and listen to it all the time. I remember first hearing about his son dying. I pray for Toby and his wife to be blessed and I thank God for using them to show others the truth of addiction and the truth of freedom in Christ. God bless their family.

In 2009, my wife and I first met to act alongside each other in a play called, "Rabbit Hole," by David Lindsay-Abaire which centers around a husband and wife attempting to move forward after the death of their four-year-old son. The play *nails* how differently the husband and wife are grieving. They are in two different places. As a single, 23-year-old actor, I didn't have much to help me relate to the idea of losing a child. However, my wife had a three-year-old son at the time which we started rehearsing the play, and we began dating each other. Gaining this boy in my life was such a blessing, and was perfectly timed to give me even the slightest sense of what it may be like to *lose* this child. He quickly became my son. Also perfectly timed was that during our rehearsal period, without seeking them, we had discovered this band named "Cloud Cult," who was essentially one man writing and recording albums, and who after his second or third album had lost his three-year-old son. His music shifted and became focused on dealing with grief, and amazingly he and his wife ended up finding a carving by their son on a piece of furniture in their home several months after his passing, and this became the band's logo. As God would have it, my wife also turned out to be the woman whose husband had left her for my girlfriend at the time, years before we met to do the play. Fast forwarding to 2013, my wife, our son, and I had just moved to CO to switch careers, go back to school, and begin anew. After a couple of months, still scraping to get by, she had mentioned to me the idea of her becoming a surrogate. Following my gut, I immediately said "no," as I didn't want our first pregnancy together to be someone else's child. We went back and forth about it, and she finally convinced me when she said that she believed it would give her a sense of purpose and that it would financially help us tremendously to get on our feet. We began the arduous process of screening, appointments, and paperwork, and after several weeks of everything being lined up, the last step was for her to get her contraceptive removed so that she could continue the surrogacy process. That very appointment became the appointment to have her contraceptive removed because *we* were pregnant! On a "99.9%" successful contraceptive, which we had used for years! I was still stubborn and in my own way at that time, and while the situation taught me to let go of the steering wheel, I still chalked it up to coincidence for a few more years. Then the light bulbs began to turn on. God works in incredible ways. He is the Alpha and the Omega. I am so grateful to Jesus that my wife and I now have three miracle children! I still cannot fathom the grief of losing one of them. It is overwhelmingly humbling. This was a very moving discussion!

I was at a MercyMe & Crowder concert when the audience was told the news of Truett's passing and we all prayed for Toby right then and there. I only listened to 21 Years once while watching the music video and it broke me. I can't imagine what the pain of losing a child feels like, but it encourages my soul to know that Toby stayed on the path that leads to Life. Help Is On The Way (Maybe Midnight) is one of my favorite songs to listen to and my favorite from Toby in general. Thank you for sharing this interview with us, Wally. Praying for you and your family brother Toby. 😢💔🙏

I lost my son to suicide in 2011. Your music was inspirational before my loss- and comforting during and then, I felt your pain in your loss. Your music is such a blessing- through the ups and downs of the emotional struggle- I listen and hear God speak through your music- thank you for going through and lifting us higher-

Great interview. Our son passed in 2009 at 25, drug and alcohol related. Our boy did struggle for years. And I was so angry at first that he could not recover as you said like so many others have. But we have come to the place where now we know that God took him to relieve him of his pain and struggles. God bless all the parents going through this. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏼

One reason is because she’s momma! Like it or not no one grieves like a momma burying her child. They have a bond that no one else will ever understand unless you are a mother! I lost my daughter at 22 yr old In 2015. God is always Good no matter the time!

I lost my first born son one year ago tomorrow. He was riding his bicycle to work and was hit by a truck and died at the scene. I have struggled with my relationship with God over this I know my son loved Jesus, but there’s such a hole in my heart that I can’t find any way to fill it. Even my relationship with God doesn’t feel the same as my relationship with my son, he was my joy, God did give me a vision of my son in heaven without his disability it was a kiss from heaven. I was so sad for Toby when I got the news then, when my son left this earth, I thought of Toby right away. Thank you for this interview.

My young daughter is an addict and I know that I could experience this any day. Help LORD! Have mercy! Thank you Toby for living gracefully through what no parent wants to. ❤

Our daughter passed away a month ago at 10 and a half.... It is the hardest thing I've ever experienced. She was healthy and happy. We take life one breath at a time right now.

I give Toby so much credit for sharing his heartbreak and being honest. Through his tragedy came Life After Death. Every song on the album has met someone in there pain. Help is on The Way found me. Everything About You hits my heart, I lost my brother at age 22. The songs remind you to stay in God.

I remember my first Christian rap CD, DC talk heaven bound. I fell into addiction for about sixteen years of my life, but I always had this grounding in Christ. Now I lead worship at my church. I am able to worship God from a place that has been bread through His deliverance from darkness and pain. I am with your wife. I want to be used by God to steal back souls. I lived in the darkness. Now I want to pull others out of it.

Thank you for sharing your heart. When I lost my 18 day old son, I found myself still trusting God and didn’t get angry. I kept reminding myself of Rom 8:28 and even though I didn’t understand it, I could trust that God would somehow work it all together for good. I had to believe that to help me get through it. Another scripture that helped me was knowing that God would use this for His glory, in that with the comfort God gave me, then I could comfort others in II Cor, I believe. God is still good! I still believe this 39 years later and two miscarriages along with losing David. Continued prayers of comfort 💜

Wally, I admire you so much for not sensationalizing your brother's grief. Sometimes even Christians put our artist brothers and sisters on a pedestal as they walk in a bubble where life can't touch them. Now, Toby, is transforming that beautiful tapestry he speaks of. He is showing us our life is still a masterpiece, because tapestry began in our mother's womb. In the dark secret place, God creates us. Blessings on your journey, Tobey.

Mom's and Dad's grieve differently. Think about it, Mom's carry that child and nurture him from conception on. It's a connection different than Dad's, certainly not less than, just different. I will never forget every minute of my son's birth, nor of his death. I will forever grieve the loss of my son. 💔 Thank you for your transparency and sharing with us who know this deep grief. Praying for all of us. 🙏❤️

Your message just reassured me, that God is real! I almost lost my son to suicide, and one that went through a bad car accident. Gosh , and then I listen to your music , and it lifts me up! I’m not alone. We are not alone, man are you a gift from God. Thank you!!❤️your loss is my loss!!!

Toby's bravery in sharing this intimate tragedy is very admirable. I thank God that we have God to carry us through whatever happens.

Mom’s NEVER get over it… everything in your world changed in the blink of an eye and the love can’t be transferred to anyone else! I always say to people who say to me, I can’t imagine (like the interviewer) I’m glad you can’t! My son died in a car accident after a breakup. 3 months later the autopsy revealed it was from ketamine. I didn’t know what kind of mean was at that time, but it was a drug used to numb pain. The car and my son was totaled, and he went instantly from this life to heaven. I’ve never been the same and never will be but God’s got me just like he has Toby and Amanda ❤️🙏✝️

I lost my brother at 21.5 in 2013 to a car crash (there was alcohol involved, but it was only him who died or got hurt) and when I heard that Truett passed I felt this so much because though the circumstances were different the age was really similar and I just know how much my family went through, but was still not destroyed because we knew God had him home. Even just crossing the 9 year mark there is still so much that comes up or we go through, but God's still there in all of those moments.

My daughter did meth for several years, it was a hard life & a hard path. I knew I could lose her at any moment & I am forever thankful that she is now off & moving forward. We can’t control or grown kids we can only love & pray for them.

I also lost my son to an overdose. We actually were able to show him love for three months in the hospital from the time of the overdose until he died. Josiah Jewell Hamlin March 9, 1983-October 8, 2017.

In 2019 in the span of nine months I lost my father, my uncle, and my grandmother. And during this I found out my girlfriend was sleeping with other people. I take better care of myself now than I ever have. But I still weep. I still grieve and I still get mad. I get mad at God. I cry. It never goes away. All this happened while toby was dealing with the loss of his son. I'm still not ok. But I live for God and for my kids. I love Jesus still. I know too damn deeply what Toby says and feels.

LOST MY SON 10 YEARS AGO,SAD TO SAY I WASNT AS FAITHFUL AS YOU HAVE BEEN TOBY.I LISTEN TO 21 YEARS AND IT GIVES ME COMFORT. MY SON WAS31 .HE HAD 4 DAUGHTERS, THE 2 YOUNGEST DONT REMEMBER HIM .THANK YOU FOR BEING AN INSPIRATION TO GREIVING PARENTS,

Thank you Toby Mac for sharing, my daughter has just lossed her 25 years old son, we're all heart broken. He wrote a lot of rap songs.

I've seen TobyMac live a couple times and he never disappoints. Toby I just wanna say that I'm so sorry for the loss of your son, God bless you and we love you

I lost the woman i should have married to a fentanyl overdose. Tobys story and many others who have been directly impacted by the opioid epidemic should awaken us all to the fact the enemy has waged a different kind of war. Hes coming for our children. Fentanyl is the leading cause of death amongst young people in this country. Parents who have children at home teenagers or older should be encouraged to buy two doses of narcan and place them inside your home. Educate yourself and talk to your kids. Many simply do not how extremely dangerous this drug is until its too late. Look for the signs. TALK TO YOUR KIDS!!! Thank you toby. I admire your strength and courage and your testimony.

Thank you for sharing your raw and honest heart, Toby. May the Lord's grace cover you and your family like never before.

"I miss everything about you." God puhleeeeze be ever more merciful to the grieving.

These premature deaths are so hard to deal with here in this place. It's important to remember that this life isn't the goal, this place is not our home.

I just shared this with my wife and kids. I have been listening to Toby for 30 years(DC Talk) and some of the best memories of my families trips in our van is listening to TobyMac. My kids know every word to every song. We also loved Truetts songs. We were heartbroken at the news. We are family in Christ, though we do not know one another, we grieved with you and your family. Thanks for being transparent. Thank you for encouraging us with psalms and hymns Spiritual songs. God’s grace to you all.

My heart aches with Toby and Amanda and kids. I remember Truett being on albums with Toby( I want a Mac and others 😁) I feel like we raised our kids together (sorta). My heart was devastated to know y’all were going through this, trauma of losing a child. I appreciate the transparency and honesty. I love you guys! So thankful to Jesus for life after death🦋

This interview is a blessing for me, as I am and have been continually healing/going forward from the loss of two sons, one at age 18, one at age 24, and from seeing their brother, the middle son, struggle with the loss of his two brothers. Thank you for talking candidly and know that the good work goes through the grace of God, of Truett, and of you. Thank you.

Wow! Raw and real. This is what the world needs to see and hear from people of faith. We doubt, we wrestle, we get angry to pretend we don’t is an insult. THANK YOU

My son and I saw Toby Mac many times when he was young. He fell away from the faith in his teens, but never forgot Toby's music. He kind of knew immediately what happened to Truett when we first found out he passed. I felt so badly for Toby and his family. Little did I know that my son would pass from the very same thing in VERY similar circumstances ie (not a Fentanyl user) on 10/19/21. My son told me about 21 years before I had even heard it. He listened to it 100s of times (per him) That song played at his funeral even though he was 27. It seemed fitting. The difference between us is that I have no assurance of his salvation. I'm so glad that Toby and his family have it, but I can't help but feel angry at God that I never got that. I prayed for that for all of his life, and yet nothing. I know that its sinful to be angry with God, but I can't get past it. I'm glad they can envision him in glory. I envy that...

All parents who lost a child should listen to this we can’t even imagine what they are going through

“Is God tickling me” that made me tear up, what a beautiful thing to say God bless him our Heavenly Father took him home

Toby , I totally understand your comment on Holding on to God’s promise of He will never leave us in our pain . He is there in the valley with us. Holding us in is loving arms, weeping with us. My son died at the age of 28 and it brought me closer to Jesus 🙌❤️🙏🕊️. I may still mourn him but My God is mourning with me. My son father/ husband died in 2006 at the age of 45 ,. They are together! 🕊️ My heart may fail but God’s love and compassion will always be with me 🙌. May Our Lord Jesus continue to guide you through this difficult journey without Truit ! 🙏. God Bless your entire family!

My Wife and I also lost our young son last year in October one month after his 24th birthday. And Like you Toby We process Grief everyday. But Like You We Know He’s in Better Hands. Healthy and Feeling No Pain and Saving a Seat at Gods Big Table for mom and dad and younger brother. God Bless You Toby and Your Beautiful Family.

Tobymac is a great example of how our faith is supposed to work. It’s definitely not easy. I can feel his pain and sadness.

TobyMac is such an amazing person and artist. This was so beautiful

My heart aches and is full at the same time. Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted. Thank you Toby for modeling our faith on and through a situation no one wants to be in our see others in. May God continually bring his presence to you and your entire family

Just found this channel and I have to say this was one of the better interviews I have seen. You were not afraid to ask the questions that were hard but that would truly be helpful to others in a same situation. You listened and did not interrupt. You made the interview about Toby and not about you. Thanks to you both.

I just see this great interview from four months ago, I just want to say that my heart is broken for Toby’s family and all those parents like me had loss a son or a daughter! It’s a pain that anyone of us thought we will experience! The song 21 years touched my life cuz my son was struggling with drugs addiction my heart was broken for TobyMac and his wife but I didn’t experience their pain until September 5th , 2022 when police knocked in my door , when they got to rescued my son he was already gone . Overdose , the drug that he took was coated with Fentanyl! 21 Years was the song we chose for my son’s Celebration of Life. Cuz is so similar to our lives! I personally don’t know TobyMac and his wife but through this pain I know them and my prayers and thoughts are with them as we walking though this pain , until we see them again in Heaven! God be with you all and give us strength 🙏💔😢💔

This still hits me jn the gut... especially hearing that song dedicated to his son. I have 2 boys and it's just scary to even think about loosing them. I loved all the parts where he talked about how his wife is grieving differently but you guys still manage to be a unit. God bless you guys and your family ❤️

I cannot imagine losing a child and my heart broke for him when I found out about Tru. I have loved Toby Mac for as long as I've been a believer (almost 20 years) and he still to this day is my favorite Christian artist. God has given him an amazing gift and his love for God shows not only in his music but in the way he lives his life.

God knows of all things and he only allows what we can handle. I have a son that struggles with alcohol addiction, but he loves the Lord and is fighting each day to be delivered from his addiction. For me as a parent is so painful to watch and not be able to save him. So many times I prayed and asked the Lord to stop that pain because it was so overwhelming, but I have faith that Jesus will turn his struggles into his testimony. After so much grieving I finally have peace that God's plans are perfect as we are each day walking towards his light and He will complete His work in each one of us.

Whew.. though not overly expressive of emotion in the interview itself, but because of having 4 kids myself, what an emotional journey this was watching and listening to. Thanks for this Wally and thanks Toby for being open about your hurt.

I learned these lessons after we lost our oldest boy in Afghanistan in April, 2011. Everyone does grieve differently and it takes as long as it takes for each person. I’m so glad the two of you are coming together over this and giving each other space to work it out as individuals. Grief doesn’t ever go away you just learn to deal with it.

Thank you for this interview Wally and Toby. And thank you for sharing your journey Toby. Your song 21 helped me so, so much to just feel. After the deaths of my brother and nephew to suicide, and the subsequent breakdown/breakup of our family because of the hurt, I closed up. I held down the grief so I could help hold up my mom, my own family. But one day 21 played on the radio of my home and all of those emotions poured out like a flood. And I needed it so much; I did not know. Thank you again for serving the Lord. He’s working through you guys. ❤️

I don't have the heart to listen to this interview yet. My deepest condolences to Toby and family, loved ones. Today mark 2 months since my 37 yr beautiful son passed all the sudden. The pain only expands and expands. Mercy!

I have been finding great comfort in Toby Mac’s music. It’s how God works. My husband bought tickets for his Feb.25th concert at George Mason the Monday before our youngest son passed away at age 37. The day after he bought the tickets, I listened to 21-our son passed unexpectedly that Friday. We were at the concert on the 25th. I’m at the same placed--devastated-but all I know is that God loves us, and God is good. Thank you for sharing, Toby!

I'm so grateful for this interview. Yesterday was my mother's death anniversary and it's not the easiest. Hearing the discussion, reading other's experiences sure brings comfort to the worn places. I praise the Lord for using her passing to teach me honesty with Him with all the emotion, and all the reverence, the questions and The Answer. And to be ok with it when I don't have things all together. Which is more often than when I do. Jesus Christ is good, is God, and still worthy of all my trust. Thank you for this Wally! Prayers for us all!

God doesn't take away the cold, but He is our covering. He doesn't remove the darkness, but He is our light.

Grief and grieving. I lost my husband on our 6yo’s bday to a symptomless widowmaker heart attack. Left me feeling alone, scared, I didn’t even know any of our financial situation. 4 kids looking to me, my faith was in a weak and hurt spot and I choose instead of getting angry (I was) or asking why (oh I did), I said the same thing with a broken heart, God will use this. I chose to praise God through the pain, call Him out to stand by His promises, and though that absence will always be felt (most notably through every milestone), God is faithful. Coming up on the 3rd anniversary and I can look back and see how He provided a way when there was none and how He used the faithful to be God’s hands and feet in our lives. God is still good.

I can't even allow myself to think about how much it must hurt Toby and Amanda and their other children.

This was a eye-opening interview. For lack of better words. I lost my son on September 25, 2021. We went to be with the Lord. I don’t have any doubt in my mind. Although it just is heartbreaking as his mother . I Will alway keep his memory alive.

Thank you Toby for sharing your story. Especially to remember God is with me as I grieve the loss of my 33 yr old son to suicide 4 months ago. My husband and I are struggling and grieving very differently. I don't know about this situation but I do know my God is good and he will make good from this tragedy. We are praying for you and your family. Thank you for the amazing album honoring Truett.

Thank you so much for this conversation my 25 year old son passed away January 14th and I am grieving his loss while trying to find God in all this sometimes its hard but I know He is here and He has gotten me thru this and He will help me get thru this God has a bigger plan that I don't see in this moment but I will praise him thru this storm

This interview is just amazing and genuine. His faith is beautiful!

Walking this faith journey with you Toby after losing my 23 year old daughter to a fentanyl OD. I trust God in all things! Jesus is a High Priest who feels, knows and understands our pain. The Sovereign God is Bigger than my pain and I BELIEVE He and Him alone can heal the broken hearts of those who have lost a child.

Your music touches my heart and others

I'm so thankful to finally hear the full story of what happened to Truett and how Toby and his family lived through it. All these years I've avoided making assumptions about what happened, so I'm just really thankful for Toby opening up now.

I’m moved by Toby’s vulnerability and transparency. thank you Toby! Bless you and your marriage and family!

My 18 yr old daughter graduated to heaven in February due to a car accident. Like TMac said, if I had known at the beginning I would only have 18 short years with her here on earth, I would still walk with Him through this valley of the shadow of death now rather than have lived without her at all. This holiday is extremely hard to see everyone celebrating when my heart is on ashes. But GOD! But GOD is my strength and will see me through.

I really appreciated listening to this interview. It was so honest and I felt privileged to hear it.

Thank you for your transparency Toby, I lost my son in January after three suicide attempts and your music is how God is healing me and how I will learn to live again , as broken as I am. Thank you for life after death music. I played faithful at his funeral and that is how I got through it. Praying for you forever.

I’m so glad Tobys’ relationship with God is real. He’s always been kind of a hero to me.

Thank you for this interview (from Holland) Our David (10) went to heaven in 2021. We listen the album 'Life after death' every day at the moment.

Such a good interview Wally and Toby. Cried as I heard it. Some really important things you shared about grieving. My husband of 56 years passed away 18 months ago and I miss him everyday, of course. God bless you both and your families.🙏❤️

A million souls for the kingdom...YAAS!!! I felt the same. I did not want to intrude. Thank you for your steadfast faith. May God comfort you both.

It is a GREAT INTERVIEW THANKYOU FOR HAVING TOBYMAC ON.

My son Francis Jr. Joined Truett in heaven July 2022. He would have been 33 in 2 weeks and died 3 days before my birthday. It was also an overdose and as many times as he has od, this time God took him, he wasn't found till a week later cause he moved away for a job in Philly. I gave him to God when he was born, I'm sure you did too. God took them home, they belong to the Almighty! Yet he let us have them for awhile. Many great memories. It doesn't matter if your child is older at death, it still hurts just the same losing them esp to the bondage of pain and wanting to feel better. but we know they are with Jesus, just like your song 21. I listen to it almost everyday. It comforts me but yet at times it makes me cry. People don't understand unless they go through. God bless you and you're in my prayers. And we will be with them someday soon. Love you btw, My 4 oldest saw you with DC Talk in Pittsburgh years ago. My husband and I went to, but sat in different seats away from them. They were fascinated! Life goes on and death is a part of life. Can't wait to see Francis again. Our souls cry out! But while we are here, we do God's will till that day. Sincerely bunni

21 years gets me every single time.

November 30th 2022 will be one year that my beautiful baby girl has gone home to be with the Lord. She was only 17. It still hurts because I thought the Lord was going to save her here on earth. She struggled with drugs and alcohol. But she loved the Lord. What breaks my heart even more is that she left a two year old baby girl. Only God knows why. Because I used to pray and cry for her when she would leave the house and wonder what dangers was she in. If she passed cold nights or hunger?! It was so hard at first to realize she wasn't coming back like she used to. That I wasn't going to hear her voice again, see her face, hug her. Hear her beautiful laugh. It would hurt. But He is faithful and his word kept me going! I know now she is save in the father's hands!

When my son passed the day after his 22cd bday my hubby and I definitely grieved differently. He was mad at God and i have daily conversations and asked for help to live and process from day one.

I am so humbled by Toby’s testimony. I haven’t had issues with drugs myself or in association with family or friends, but Ive faced and family/friends have faced challenges with which we’ve struggled. Ive struggled!! This testimony reinforces for me and challenges me to stand with faith fact that God is in control. How Toby is walking is a very real testimony and example. Im so very grateful that God is speaking to me, encouraging me, maturing my faith and my own walk through Toby’s witness. That said, I am horribly sad for his family’s loss. I cant even begin to imagine the experience of each day. Praise Jesus that we don’t have simply colloquialisms, alone. Christ’s words are TRUTH!!! Praise Jesus!!!

Prayers for Toby & Amanda and all of their family. Prayers for all of those, who are leaving their comments and sharing their own stories of grief. Love for you all. I've been there, too. 😢 💔 🙏 ❤️

Wow even more impressed by Toby! God has given him amazing wisdom

I really like this interview. Grief is different. So very grateful you turned to God. Your music helped so many deal with grief.

❤ Your music is such a blessing to me! Your love for Truett radiates in your words and the smile he still brings when you talk about him! What a glorious day that will be when we all get to heaven! Bless you and your family!

I never had chance to introduce myself to Toby when Iived in Nashville and visited his church. I met Tait and many others. I knew and worked w Truett's baby sitter. Decades ago obviously. Always appreciated Toby's honesty and transparency.

Wally please, let Toby talk. We Love Toby❣️

Toby Mac's music, his songs and voice have been part of my life since I was in my twenties and he was with DC Talk. I got to see him in Concert several years ago at Overlake Christian Church and it was one of the BEST Concerts I'd seen in my looooong life. When I heard about his sons death it was like a knife in my heart and I prayed for him. I was AMAZED that he was able to keep his Concert Tour...it HAD TO BE God's Grace and the "Peace that passes ALL Understanding" that he was even able to function!! I have seen this same Peace at my church when a Sister's first born son (he was 20 & played drums in the Worship Team & was in the local Police Cadet program) She was able to actually speak at his Funeral with a glow of Joy on her face and testified of Jesus and his Salvation!! HOW???Also, last year, our Pastors lost their youngest daughter (early 40's and she played Piano and sang on the worship team) after a 2 year long battle with Cancer. They had lost their Oldest daugher several year before, and she used to lead the Praise and Worship services years ago. She died from a gas leak the night before she was supposed to move in with her parents so they could help her since she'd become legally blind. After the tragedy, they were able to minister and preach, never missing a service. HOW?? ONLY JESUS!!! There's a strength that comes from the Lord when all of yours is just GONE.. "When i am weak, Then I AM Strong" is the only way I can figure. While writing this, I've become aware that all those that passed were in the Music ministry!Even Toby's son. I KNOW the enemy HATES Praise & Worship because he used to lead it before he rebelled & was cast out of heaven, so now he does ALL he can to silence it! PRAISE GOD/JESUS/HOLY GHOST that the enemy is a LOSER and can NEVER TRIUMPH OVER GODS PEOPLE because We are OVERCOMERS by the Blood of Jesus and the word of our Testimony!! Toby being able to get up there and sing his songs, especially the ones he wrote about his son...TESTIFY of the Greatness of "Christ in Us...THE HOPE OF GLORY!" God Bless and KEEP MOVING FORWARD!❤️‍🔥

The King wanted to bolster a message. I have a son that was a horrible crack addict. I prayed constantly. He’s been clean for a long time now and owns his own business. I was very blessed or what one would call lucky.

2 people I grew up listening to and love dearly. Thank you Wally for being a great host. And thank you Toby for opening up. We love you.

This interview has helped me so much. I lost my son 14 months ago and I must have played and watched 21Years hundreds of times. You have been a blessing to me. Thank you

Man this is powerful.

What a Great interview. I lost my only son 2 months after Toby lost Truett. My son fought with seizures for 7 yrs. So i actually had a conversation with my son on how Toby had to be feeling about losing his son, which was really strange but at the same time like Toby said i feel like it was the Lord getting me ready and was letting me know I was not alone. That i could do this.Toby helps keep me strong. And also knowing that i am going to see my son again keep me on that corner stone. Thank you Toby. Im right there with you.

Our daughter lost her battle with addiction in April 2014. It's coming up on the anniversary of her passing. Two years and 4 days later, I lost my husband to cancer. Sometimes it's overwhelming. But I just keep leaning on the Lord's promise. We will be together again.

Toby our stories are similar in ways. I lost my 20 year old daughter suddenly to accidental drug overdose. She was out with a friend and took Dilaudid that was not her own prescription and wasn't taken correctly and mixed with other traces of drugs in her body, went to sleep and never woke up. It happened within a matter of a 2.5 hour window before her friend sleeping next to her woke up and realized what happened. She had never taken Dilaudid in her life. It was a one off that ended her young life and left a toddler without a mother. I've been raising her son since it happened in May 2017 and I completely understand everything you said in this interview....to the very depths of my soul. God never promised another day with our children but he did promise an eternity with them for those who have accepted the free gift of salvation and thank God she did that when she was 6 years old. We will be together again soon! Much love to your family!

Awesome interview. Thank you Toby for sharing. So many of us need reassurance that God never leaves us, and carries us through our toughest times. I've had great devastation, heartache, and pain in this world, but felt the unconditional love of Jesus that lasts a lifetime. We are living in His time... it is Not ours. We are to cherish and love what we can, when we can, however we can keeping Jesus front of everything we do. I pray Toby, you continue to heed the Holy Spirit bringing this divine music to our ears in these end times... we all need the light in the tunnel. God Bless everyone, Jesus is Lord and the love is Real.

I know little youtube comment from a stranger means nothing, but I was crying all the way through this. I don't have great words but I pray you feel the love from the body of Christ! Toby, Amanda and the whole family, I continue to lift you in prayer. Maranatha!

When he started talking about his son being in Heaven and thinking how if he could see how it all worked out n everything it made me wanna cry. I lost a dear friend to vehicular m*rder. He was only 17. Made me think of him 😭

My deepest sympathies to you & your wife & family. I haven’t lost a child, but I did lose my sister after many years of taking opioids & I bought your CD Life after Death & it has meant so much to me personally. Especially the song that says I miss everything about you. She was my older sister & she was a Christian so I know where she is. She passed in 2015 & I think I can finally not blame myself & think of the good times we shared together ❤😢. Thank you Toby for sharing something so personal to you & your family. The wonderful thing that God has given us through his son Jesus is that we will see them again in a place where there will be no more sorrow or pain ❤Amen!

Toby, I first want to say how sorry I am for your loss. I relate to your story and I wish mine had turned out differently. My son Mark had a drug and alcohol problem. The family gave Him money until we learned what He was doing with it so we stopped. Needless to say, that did not go over well. He played the we don't love him card, but we couldn't enable him anymore. He moved to Denver and cut off all contact with everyone for years. We prayed and prayed that God would put someone in his path that would speak the truth of the gospel to him and we would have our son back. He was only 37 years old and had 2 beautiful girls that he gave up his rights to his Uncle. We tried hard to find him over about 10 years more or less. I even had the Denver County Police Department calling my home and asking me if I knew where he was, the last time I saw him...etc...I always knew in the back of my mind I'd get a call telling me he passed away. My worst fear came true and it's so hard not to have had the opportunity for years to talk and fix our relationship. This makes this loss so much harder. The coroner's Office told me he had been living a very hard life, living on the street, he had frostbite on his toes and they had to remove all 10 of his toes. When I think about it my heart breaks. Your song Faithfully helps me and I just wanted you to know that. God Bless You. I live in NC and would love to attend a concert live. I love the Newsboys and have been blessed to see them 3 times now if I'm not mistaken. PLEASE be careful who you let inside your inner circle, Toby. Many may be misled and I'm definitely not talking about the Newsboys. I love them. I've been blessed to see them live 3 times now and they are the sweetest, genuine, group of Men.