{"id":5487,"date":"2023-01-31T11:23:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T16:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=5487"},"modified":"2023-03-16T15:44:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T19:44:12","slug":"dolly-parton-says-she-received-inspiration-for-her-latest-song-in-a-dream-from-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2023\/01\/dolly-parton-says-she-received-inspiration-for-her-latest-song-in-a-dream-from-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton Says She Received Inspiration For Her Latest Song in a Dream From God"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5499\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5499\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/409\/2023\/01\/dolly-parton-credit-tinseltown-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"dolly parton\" width=\"768\" height=\"710\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tinseltown\/Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Country music icon Dolly Parton celebrated her 77th birthday by releasing a song she received from God in a dream.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got up, and I started writing this song over a period of weeks, months,\u201d the music legend shared in an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CnmeIEOpky5\/\">\u00a0Instagram video<\/a>\u00a0announcing the release of\u00a0 the new single, \u201cDon\u2019t Make Me Have to Come Down There.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI finished it as things would come to me, and I just felt like I should drop it on my birthday. So, I hope you enjoy it.\u201d Parton released the song on Jan. 19 and said that instead of receiving gifts this year, she wanted to give the gift of music to others. She continued, \u201cIt\u2019s a song that came to me in a dream, and I felt like it was worth putting out there. Something special. Well, it\u2019s special to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night I had a dream about God\/ He was standing on a mountain top\/ Looking down, around in such dismay,\u201d she sang. \u201cAnd in my dream, I heard Him say\/Don\u2019t make me have to come down there\/ My children, you had best beware\/ If you don\u2019t pay attention, consequences will be dire\/Don\u2019t make me have to come down there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UQmX7jT2LEg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Parton was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999 and has won multiple awards throughout her decades-long career. In 2021, despite being named one of People magazine\u2019s \u201cPeople of the Year,\u201d she insisted that she did not want to be idolized and lamented that some people worship celebrities more than God. In her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/country\/dolly-parton-people-of-the-year-2021-giving-back-being-boss\/\">interview<\/a>\u00a0with People, Parton said generosity should be done without looking for praise in return.<\/p>\n<p>Last March, Parton bowed out of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominations, though she said she was \u201cflattered\u201d by the honor. In a tweet, Parton wrote, \u201cI\u2019m extremely flattered and grateful to be nominated for the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame. I don\u2019t feel that I\u2019ve earned that right. I really don\u2019t want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out.\u201d\u00a0The singer, who was among 17 nominees last year, implied that to receive such an honor, she should have a rock album under her belt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has, however, inspired me to put out a hopefully great rock \u2018n\u2019 roll album at some point in the future, which I have always wanted to do,\u201d the \u201cJolene\u201d singer wrote.\u00a0She concluded her tweet by wishing all of the nominees good luck and thanking the Rock Hall for the compliment.<\/p>\n<p>On its\u00a0website, the Rock Hall praised Parton as a \u201cliving legend and a paragon of female empowerment,\u201d adding that her \u201cunapologetic femininity belied her shrewd business acumen, an asset in the male-dominated music industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It continued, &#8220;Parton is beloved not only for her prolific body of work, quintessential style, and philanthropic efforts, but for the humor, wit, and self-deprecating grace that shine through everything she does. Her crossover success broadened the audience for country music and expanded the horizons for countless artists who followed.\u201d A self-described devout \u201cspiritual\u201d Christian, Parton\u2019s grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country music icon Dolly Parton celebrated her 77th birthday by releasing a song she received from God in a dream. \u201cI got up, and I started writing this song over a period of weeks, months,\u201d the music legend shared in an\u00a0Instagram video\u00a0announcing the release of\u00a0 the new single, \u201cDon\u2019t Make Me Have to Come Down&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":5499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1536,558],"class_list":["post-5487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dolly-parton","tag-sign-from-god"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dolly Parton Says She Received Inspiration For Her Latest Song in a Dream From God<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For her 77th birthday, iconic musician Dolly Parton released a new song. 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