Faith & Spirit Quote by Della Reese

Faith here isn’t framed as a private comfort blanket; it’s pitched as a working piece of emotional equipment. Della Reese’s line is built like a hand on your shoulder before you step into bad news: belief in God doesn’t erase what’s coming, but it changes your posture toward it. The key move is grammatical. She doesn’t promise rescue, clarity, or even happiness. She promises “courage” and “confidence” - interior resources that let you “meet” the future head-on, not dodge it. That verb matters. To meet something is to show up, eyes open, with some say in how you carry yourself.

The subtext is an old show-business truth: life is relentless, and the work doesn’t pause for grief, illness, or fear. Reese came up in eras when Black performers were expected to be unstoppable while being treated as expendable. In that light, “really believe” reads less like doctrinal gatekeeping and more like a distinction between performative piety and a belief sturdy enough to hold under pressure. She’s talking about faith as endurance training.

There’s also a gentle reframing of control. “Things coming” are inevitable; the only negotiable element is your steadiness. Reese’s warmth as a performer - gospel roots, pop success, a TV presence that felt maternal without being soft - makes the line land like lived testimony rather than argument. It’s not a sermon. It’s a survival tip dressed in spiritual language.