6 things Dolly Parton said about faith, anointing: 'My life's purpose is to do something for God'
1. She believed she was 'anointed' for a purpose
Parton said one of the defining moments of her childhood came when an older woman told her, "You are anointed."
"We grew up in the Church, and my grandpa was a Pentecostal preacher," Parton recalled in a 2019 interview with CP. "So healing and praying and being anointed and all that stuff, that was nothing new to us, 'cause we survived because of our faith in God to get us through and all that. But when that old lady told me that I was anointed, I didn't know what that was. I was just thinking it was like, olive oil."
When she asked her mother what the woman meant, her mother explained: "That means that God has His hand on you; that you may do something special."
Parton said the words gave her a sense of purpose that stayed with her throughout her life.
"That triggered a faith in me because I believe that I was supposed to do something good," she said. "After she told me that, I thought, 'Well then, this is my responsibility. I'm going to do something good.'"
Leah M. Klett is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at: leah.klett@christianpost.com
