Famous Christian singer Rhett Walker recently shared how his faith in God has helped him navigate the challenging circumstances that life throws at him. The Grammy-nominated singer emphasized how God’s constant love and faithfulness to us bring clarity in life’s unexpected “potholes.”
Rhett recounted an uncertain, challenging time in his life when he was trying to navigate his senior year of high school with a simultaneous teenage pregnancy. Such a predicament is any teenager’s worst nightmare, but Walker noted that God brought him through it all.
“My first record came out in 2012 and that was my testimony, from teenage pregnancy to trying to figure out my senior year of high school … to getting a job, all of these things. I was looking at this new record and thinking about me and her, we’ve been married for 20 years this past July 3 … and I was like, ‘Man, this, this has been a journey for the past 20 years.’ Just all the things that God’s brought us through, all these potholes that you’ve driven through in life, and you’re like, ‘Man, every time, He’s been faithful and brought me through these things,’” he said.
Having overcome this past hurdle, Walker said, “We were sitting on the back porch, and April said, ‘We’re living in the days that we dreamed of.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, like, we really are.’ I don’t think for anybody that it’s just a smooth ride. Life can be hell to walk through, and some go there and back many times. … But if you really are looking at your life and what God has set up, man, these are the days that we’ve dreamed of.”
The Gospel singer emphasized that the temporary, material things of this world are not what is important, but instead maintaining a relationship with God and having a loving family surrounding you are the true components of happiness
“It’s not about what your house looks like, the car that you drive, the money in your bank account. If you have a family that loves each other and is excited to see mama come home from work and daddy come home, and you’re living life with each other all while looking at Jesus and trying to push forward and going, ‘God, whatever you have for us,’ that’s a beautiful life.”
Despite how troubling unexpected teenage pregnancies can be, Walker noted that they don’t always have to be viewed in a negative light. “Not everybody has a teenage pregnancy story, but a lot of people have a young love story. Maybe it’s fresh out of high school, fresh out of college, or whatever it may be. But there’s a way to celebrate that through the lens of, Jesus is the one that led it,” he said.
Offering wise words of advice, Walker said, “It’s about being who you are, who you’re made to be. I think people can read through it really quick. … I think people appreciate authenticity. The same Rhett that wrote the title track in Publix is the same Rhett you see on stage and at home. … The more you travel, the more you realize this is just one big redneck world of people that are just making their way through life and trying to love Jesus.”
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