Jesus ”, was 2021 ’ s longest running # 1 in Billboard Magazine ’ s Christian Music chart and with it , you were the first # 1 female artist to debut on that chart . What stories have you heard of the impact that it ’ s made on listeners ?
[ Anne ] I mean , there have been so many . Sometimes it ' s mind blowing to look at all of it , but I think the biggest thing for me is seeing the people that reach out and say they lost a loved one years ago , or they lost a son or a daughter , or whatever , and heard my song and for the first time in how ever many years they had decided to let go of their anger towards God and step into a relationship with the Lord . I think that ' s what gets me the most is hearing the stories of people that have walked through grief and loss , which we all do in some sort of situation . They walk through grief and loss and let go of their anger towards God , and one of the things is when you lose someone you love , especially when I lost my brother , you ' re almost faced with an immediate decision of , " Are you going to trust the Lord , or are you going to go your own way , and lean on your own understanding ?"
And one of things that I chose to do the second that I found out that Jacob had died was , " I ' m going to trust God , and as hard as it is to trust Him now , I ' m going to trust that He has a plan in this ," and sure enough He did . And that ' s how all of this music , and all of this stuff has come out . At the time , I didn ' t need to have faith to think that God will do something good , and I ' ve heard stories of people who went the other way , who decided to lean on their own understanding and to walk by themselves , and
My Jesus they find themself in this place of , " Wow , I finally am able to let go of my anger towards God and decide to give my life back to Him , and start letting God heal my heart using my loved one ."
And so , those are sort of my favorite stories I ' ve heard in testimony . I ' ve also heard stories of people saying that they were ready to commit suicide and take their lives , and they heard “ My Jesus ” and they felt the Holy Spirit , and they felt love for the first time ever , and they decided to just not commit suicide and to give their lives to the Lord and start trusting Him and start walking out their relationship with Him in faith . And so , there have been so many thousands of stories , but those are the ones that stick out to me in the front of my mind .
[ WM ] Being a country girl , it must have been unbelievable to debut your single , “ My Jesus ”, at the Grand Ole Opry , and sing in that hallowed circle lifted from The Ryman Auditorium stage .
8 April 2022
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