Naomi Raine, TAYA Share Transformative Stories: God ‘Brings Good Things Out of Bad’
By Movieguide® Contributor
On a recent episode of WOMEN OF FAITH on TBN, singers Naomi Raine and TAYA shared powerful stories that shaped their lives and showed them God’s love.
“When I realized that I was pregnant, I was a youth worship leader at my church, and my boyfriend at the time was in ministry at the church as well, and so it was very scary because I knew…that I wasn’t going to end the pregnancy,” Raine said. “I was going to keep the baby.”
“And because of that, I knew that people were going to find out that I was in sin and also that my life was going to change forever. I think the most difficult moment for me was telling my parents,” she explained. “Well, I thought my dad was going to kill me, literally.”
However, he responded without anger and took her to shop for clothes the next day. She felt full of shame, but her dad made her feel like everything would be okay.
“I can’t help but think now of like Adam and Eve and realizing that they were naked and the Lord is like, all right, I’m going to cover you up…You can’t use the leaves. That’s not going to work.”
“What I was using to cover myself wasn’t going to work. And although it took me a long time to get through the shame of my pregnancy, I think that was one of the first steps toward healing and feeling like I was supported even though I was wrong,” the “Jireh” singer said.
“I probably was about 6 months pregnant, and I was sitting there, I heard the Lord say to me, ‘There’s a blessing in rain,’” she said. “There’s a purpose in it, and the purpose is to bring forth that which is buried, right, those seeds that are buried, and to bring forth fruit and to bring forth leaves, and so y’all know my middle name is Raine, and he was telling me the baby that you’re carrying is a blessing. Although what you did was wrong, I can bring good things out of bad situations to anybody who’s feeling stuck and ashamed.”
Her advice to others in similar situations is to “hold on” and look for “the hand of God.” It may seem like something bad or shameful, but God can bring good out of the worst situations.
Today, Raine is a proud mom to three. Her oldest, Apryl, recently started her first job at Chick-fil-A.
She posted a video of her daughter in her work uniform and said, “My little chicken nugget working girl ?❤️ I’m in denialllll. So proud of you @pearlescence_0.”
Worship artist TAYA just recently became a mom. She announced the birth of her son, Bo, in December.
She said, “Children are a heritage from the Lord and we believe they’re to stand on their parent’s shoulders going further than we did, in all the ways. I was a tad hesitant about what the Lord would ask of our son especially because Ben and I have some pretty crazy stories to tell of Gods leading & faithfulness, but I see Gods kindness in Bo’s name. That before his first breath, we were to remember that ultimately he belongs to the Lord.”
As a high school senior, the singer lost four of her friends in a car accident.
“I was kind of just like thrown into disarray, and as a young person trying to deal with grief, it was a lot to try and comprehend, but I’m so grateful because I had a church community around me. I finished high school, and I still passed, which is a miracle as well ‘cause I hadn’t really studied that whole year,” she said on WOMEN OF FAITH.
“And when I got to the end of that year, I made the decision to not apply to go to university, and I was learning to be obedient to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. It’s been a journey for sure and it really did start when I was 21. I felt prompting by the Holy Spirit to step out and go to Sydney,” she shared.
So, her family dropped her off in Sydney. She had no job lined up or means to pay her $200 a week rent.
“I was like, ‘Lord, I only have $200 for next week. I need a job, and it says here that you are Jehovah Jireh, my provider. I’m going to believe that this is who you are, but I need you to be this in my life.’ But I started handing out, you know, resumes. I wasn’t just sitting there; you have to be actively waiting for the Lord,” the “For All My Life” singer said.
“By the grace of God, by that following Monday, I had three casual jobs, and I had exactly $200 for the following week…I could afford a round train ticket to get to church that weekend on Sunday and enough money for a little chocolate left over because the Lord knows the details…He cares, and I love chocolate. So I was like, this is from you God. I love it.”
Movieguide® reported on TAYA’s latest single on Feb. 22:
Christian artist TAYA just released the first single, “Gonna Be Good,” off her upcoming album.
“Going off a word I felt from the Lord, as I started writing for this next project it seemed I had a lot of concerns under the surface,” TAYA explained of the song’s inspiration. “So classic God, He used scripture and a melody to get my attention and in turn my confession realigned. My eyes were lifted, and my heart opened — ready to soar into the next thing God had for us. I may not know what comes next (a baby!!, stepping out yet again, touring as a family?!!) but I know that, with God, it’s Gonna Be Good!”
The singer elaborated on the song’s development in an Instagram post, writing, “This song is a joy-filled reminder of God’s faithfulness and His care towards us in every season.”
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