Country music star Reba McEntire credits God and her Christian faith for getting her through a two-year split from her husband and subsequent divorce she says she never wanted. “I prayed every day [for God] to help me have the strength to move one foot in front of the other to continue on with what I’m supposed to be doing and why He put me on this Earth in the first place,” McEntire told CMT’s Cody Alan during an interview earlier this month.

“The divorce was not my idea,” she explained. “I didn’t want it in any shape, form or fashion. It was really hard to make the adjustment when someone’s not happy. I just want everybody to be happy in their lives because our lives are too short to be miserable. I just thought it was the best thing to take my marbles and go play somewhere else, is what Daddy used to always say.” While the reason for the couple’s divorce is not publicly known, McEntire’s said some of what her former husband, who was also her manager, did was unforgettable. READ MORE