Other complications followed and she was in a coma for about three and half weeks, with the doctors only giving her two percent chance to live. When she came out of the coma, the singer/songwriter says her first thought was, “Is it over for me with my career?”
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Known the world over for her one-of-a-kind multi-octave vocal range, the concern was an understandable one, but being the woman of faith that she is, Clark Sheard recognized the setback as a trick of the enemy and fought through it. “I had the faith even though my body was saying one thing,” she recalls. “You have to program faith in your mind in order for it to affect your body.”
The same programming that got her through one of the most physically, emotionally and spiritually trying periods of her life is what inspired the title Destined to Win, also a title track on the album. “That title, I made it personal first,” Clark Sheard explained, “hoping that the people that listen to my record not only will they listen but they will make that message destined to win personal.”
Like an affirmation or mantra, “destined to win” is a statement that resonates and people can immediately relate to it. They can repeat it over and over, “programming” it into their spirit.
Destined to Win debuted at #2 on Billboard’s Gospel Albums chart and at #20 on the Billboard Top 200, making this Clark Sheard’s highest chart debut on the Top 200 for a solo album. Even with chart-topping success, the multi-faceted artist knows without a doubt that “God is bigger than me being an artist.”
From being a public speaker, founder of a record company, Karew Records, alongside her husband, and mentor to others in the industry, Clark Sheard continues to inspire lives beyond the walls of churches and wax of records. Her legacy is steeped in something her mother, Dr. Mattie Moss Clark, taught the Clark girls early on. “One thing my mother use to always say, ‘God didn’t just put you on earth just for yourself, it’s for others.’”
Destiny fulfilled.
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Karen Clark Sheard: “God Is Bigger Than Me Being An Artist” was originally published on blackdoctor.org
