Ellie Holcomb Says Motherhood Deepened Her Understanding of God’s Love
Michael Foust
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By Michael Foust, Crosswalk.com
Singer and author Ellie Holcomb says motherhood has given her a fresh outlook on life and a deeper understanding of God’s unconditional love. Holcomb is the mother of three young children and the author of three children’s books, each with a companion EP of original music. Recently, she released two projects geared toward adults: a new Psalms-based album, All of My Days, and an expanded edition of her bestselling devotional, Fighting Words.
Holcomb toured full-time with her husband’s band, Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors before her first child was born.
“One of my favorite things about being a mom is that you get to see the world again -- through their eyes,” she told Crosswalk Headlines. “Everything feels new and fresh. It’s been so good for me as a grown-up.”
She said motherhood has also given her a new perspective on God’s love and grace.
“We are, first and foremost, beloved sons and daughters of the most high God,” she said. “And so, being a mom has helped me remember that before I’m even a mom, I’m God’s daughter, and He’s going to take such good care of me, and He’s going to take such good care of my kids, too. Man, what a freedom to know: We’re all just God’s kids, trying to make our way back home again. I am grateful for the freedom to be a kid, to mess up.”
Her attitude about her children, she said, is a mirror of God’s perspective on His children: “I don’t want you to be feeling like you have to get everything right all the time. You can come as you are to me, and it’s given me freedom to come as I am into the presence of God.”
Her expanded devotional, Fighting Words, includes ten devotionals with her “lifer verses” that were not included in the original. Her Psalms-based album, All of My Days, originated on Instagram, where she posted a different Psalm, set to music, each week. Fans asked her to record the songs on an album.
“I grew up in the church [and] I didn’t know it was okay to not be okay. And then I started reading David’s story,” she said. “... He comes so raw, with his hope, with his joy. Then also with his deep sorrow, with his doubts, with his questions.
“That, for me, has been an invitation to come fully as I am in the presence of God; to get to sing those words now and invite other people to do the same is a joy.”
Christians who have trouble “memorizing Scripture and have a hard time with that, like me, they can just sing with me.”
“These are Psalms … that have shaped who I am as a person and that I sing over my kids all the time,” she said.
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Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, the Leaf-Chronicle, the Toronto Star and the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
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