The singer Amy Grant just shocked her fans by revealing that she had the “really unique experience of having an unanticipated open heart surgery.”

The 59 year-old singer took to Instagram on Sunday to show off the enormous scar that the procedure left her with. She explained in her post that she had a heart condition called partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) since birth but was only recently discovered by her doctor.

“I know there is so much going on in the world right now,” Grant wrote. “This is a crazy, broken, yet beautiful time. And in the midst of all of that – in the midst of all of our awareness and becoming and learning to love and see each other – I’ve had this really unique experience of having an unanticipated open heart surgery.”

“The only way I can explain my experience would be to ask you to imagine a non-runner who was signed up for a marathon,” she added. “I didn’t want it, but I had to have it anyway and it was a week ago Wednesday. And as people heard about the surgery I started getting messages: ‘I’m praying for you’ …’I’m praying for you.’”

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Grant, who has long been open about her Christian faith, celebrated the fact that people from her past and her present have gone above and beyond to reach out and share their well-wishes after her diagnosis.

“People I worked with decades ago, people who have come to my concerts or listen to my music, my work family, people on social media, and my own friends and family all offered their prayers,” said Grant.

“And now, ten days later, I just want to say, from the moment I went to the hospital, if it really were a marathon race, I felt like I got into that runners block and as soon as it was time for the race to start there was this massive West Texas wind at my back.. just pushing me through,” she added. “Even stuff I was really scared about felt like nothing more than just a deep breath and something supernatural pushed me through it.”

Grant made sure to assure her fans that her recovery has been going well so far.

“My recovery has honestly felt miraculous,” said Grant. “And so I want to say thank you to each person who said a prayer for me. Prayer changes everything. Let’s keep those prayers going for our country and let’s turn all the brokenness into love and seeing each other. I love you.”

This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.

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