Wynonna Judd: ‘I Feel the Lord’ After Mom Naomi’s Death
By Movieguide® Contributor
Wynonna Judd described the pain and grief but also the joy she felt following her mother’s death while still on tour.
“I am walking a paradox,” she said. “I feel joy, I feel pain, I feel light, I feel dark,” Guideposts reported.
Through her process of healing Judd has leaned on her faith more than anything. “It’s the Holy Spirit thing for me,” she stated. “I feel the Lord, and I feel joy and I feel sorrow all at the same time.”
Judd and her mother, Naomi Judd, were supposed to hit the road again together to tour the country but now Wynonna prepares to go it alone. The tour will be a celebration of life for her mother while offering inspiration for fans.
“This is my opportunity to step into a situation that I don’t know that I am ready to do what I’m about to do, but I think it’s going to heal me,” Wynonna told PEOPLE. “I’m teaching what I want to learn, which is how to have peace and joy in a really negative [space]. I want people to know that they’re loved. I want people to know that there is hope.”
Movieguide® previously reported on the passing of Wynonna’s mother:
Country music legend Naomi Judd died this weekend at the age of 76, just one day before her induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Her daughters, Wynonna and Ashley, appeared at the ceremony to accept their mother’s posthumous award and share their final moments with their mother.
Wynonna said that Naomi died early in the morning, just after reciting Psalm 23 together:
The LORD is my shepherd; I have what I need.
He lets me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters.
He renews my life; he leads me along the right paths for his name’s sake.
Even when I go through the darkest valley,
I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff — they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD as long as I live.
Naomi’s death comes just a few weeks after she and Wynonna performed 1990 hit “Love Can Build A Bridge” at this year’s CMT Music Awards show.
Ashley and Wynonna’s statement announcing the death of their mother reads:
“Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. We are shattered. We are navigating profound grief and know that, as we loved her, she was loved by her public. We are in unknown territory.”
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