Inspirational Thought
At 61, CeCe Winans Turns to Old Hymns and a Renewed Sense of Gratitude
Gospel's most awarded woman is spending her renewal on the generation behind her
Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!
Psalm 103:2-5— NLT
The News
Gospel singer CeCe Winans, 61, the most awarded female artist in gospel music history with 18 Grammy awards, is the cover subject of Woman's World's July 27, 2026 issue, where she says she is in a great place and credits the authority and wisdom that come with age. Her album The Hymns, released June 5, gathers 16 classic hymns, including Amazing Grace, It Is Well, and Great is Thy Faithfulness.
Her devotional book Faith for Generations arrives July 21, and she and her daughter Ashley will co-lead the fourth annual Generations LIVE conference in Nashville July 23 to 25. Winans says she wants the next generation connected to the hymns; she and her husband Alvin pray together every morning, and their family plans to celebrate her mother's 90th birthday in September.
The Reflection
Winans' confidence that the best is yet to come suggests that gratitude can answer the habit of measuring life by decline. She is marking this season with an album of 16 hymns, a devotional book, a generational conference, and a 90th birthday celebration for her mother.
The contrast is quiet but important. Those milestones are public and measurable, while the practices Winans names as the ground beneath them — morning prayer, old hymns, generational connection, and the wisdom of age — are not. That does not make aging painless, and Psalm 103 is not a guarantee that every disease will be healed or that a joyful testimony proves special favor. Loss, weakness, and grief still have their place.
The psalmist's answer is active remembrance: praise God with everything within you, and refuse to forget forgiveness, healing, redemption, love, and good things. Gratitude becomes a way of seeing, not a denial of loss. It trains us to ask what God has been doing all along, rather than measuring the future only by achievement or decline. In ordinary worship, family, and age, we can name specific good things and receive the next chapter with trust.
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