Music Legend Loretta Lynn, Dead at 90, Clung to Jesus as Her ‘Friend’

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Loretta Lynn SXSW 2016. Anna Hanks from Austin, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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The singer continues by sharing her thoughts about Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. “Oh my, it hurts,” she says about his death for her sins. “I won’t be able to tell him much I appreciate what he did. There’s no way you can repay Jesus for what he [did]. … You just have to show him how much you love him, and I think that’s the way we all have to repay him. It’s in your actions.”

To Lynn, Easter represents “the incredible beauty of real love.” She captions her video with these words about Easter’s meaning: “Love that gives when it doesn’t have to. Love that gives even when it doesn’t receive. It’s what Christ did for us. I think of hope and redemption and forgiveness.”

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Stephanie Martin
Stephanie Martin, a freelance writer and editor in Denver, has spent her entire 30-year journalism career in Christian publishing. She loves the Word and words, is a binge reader and grammar nut, and is fanatic (as her family can attest) about Jeopardy! and pro football.

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