On Monday, March 25, country star Reba McEntire was once again on “The Voice” as a judge and, during the show, managed to work in her Christian faith and discuss with the contestants how she relies on the Holy Spirit during her performances, saying it puts her in the right mental place. Her comments came after Josh Sanders and Donny Van Slee, her team members for the show’s competition, performed an excellent rendition of Luke Combs’ “When It Rains, It Pours.”
Speaking to the contestants after getting choked up a bit while they played, Reba told them that they managed to hit the song’s somewhat difficult notes perfectly, telling them that they got it “just right.” She said, “Your runs, when you hit the high notes, everything was perfect.” Continuing, she added, “Whatever you got from this song, it was just right.”
Then the show cut to a behind the scenes look of Reba speaking to both Sanders and Van Slee about her method of performing and how she relies on the Holy Spirit, helping advice them about how to include God in their performances and rely on their Christian faith as she does.
That came when Sandwer spoke about the upbeat song, “When It Rains, It Pours,” saying that the song’s lyrics were somewhat painful to him because he lost a son on his birthday. He said, “‘When it rains, it pours,’ that lyric hits me kinda heavy. I’m a dad of four girls. We had a son. He was born and passed away on my birthday.” He added, “It’s such a fun song, and I don’t wanna take it there.”
Reba, helping him get through the song despite the pain the memory causes him, told him about the Holy Spirit and her performances, saying that praying before appearing on stage helps her do her best. She said, “Before I go on stage, I ask the Holy Spirit to walk for me, talk for me, speak for me, sing for me… Ask him for that: ‘Put me in the right place for this song.'”
This wasn’t the first time that McEntire has spoken about her Christian faith. Speaking to the Christian Post in 2019, she spoke about relying on the Lord and Holy Spirit at various points in her life. “The Holy Spirit was left behind to comfort and guide us, and I rely on that strength each and every day,” McEntire said. She added, “I just pray that the Holy Spirit guides me, speaks for me, helps me down those stairs.”
Continuing, explaining how God guides her, she said, “It’s all God; He’s the reason for everything I do. I pray that I will find songs to record that will touch people’s hearts and heal their hearts. Before I go on stage, I ask the Holy Spirit to touch people in the audience, if they need healing or comfort.” She added, “God gave the songwriters that gift, and if there’s something in songs that can come out of my mouth and touch a person and heal their heart, it’s all worth it to me. Music has allowed me to do wonderful things God intended for the people who are listening.”
Commenting on feeling God at all times, she also said, “I feel Him all the time, every day. God helped me through my divorce. When the plane crash happened, I never was mad at God, never was. People had asked me, ‘Did you get mad at God?’ I didn’t. Everything happens for a reason. In my little minuscule mind, it’s not mine to ask or judge. I’ll ask when I get up there, just to say, ‘How come?'” She then said, “I’m in a great place right now, and my faith got me through all of it.”
Featured image credit: By Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – Reba McEntire, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=143593748