Taraji P. Henson Talks Spiritual Warfare After Paris Attacks
Just because she stars in one of the most popular shows on prime time television does not mean "Empire" actress Taraji P. Henson is excluded from spiritual warfare.
When asked about terrorist attacks that killed over one hundred people in Paris, France last Friday, the 45-year-old actress seemed to lean on her Christian faith to share her perspective on the matter.
"Life is spiritual warfare and it's dark against light, hate against love and death against life. I just feel like it's unbalanced right now," Henson recently told Hollywood Today Live. "Right now it appears that darkness is winning but I just know in my heart that there's more love out in the world. It always gets bad before it gets better."
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While the actress portrays a brash no-nonsense character named Cookie on the hit FOX network Hip Hop drama, she has not shied away from being vocal about her faith throughout the years. Despite the level of success that helped garner her an Academy Award nomination in 2009, Henson has admitted to overcoming spiritual warfare in the form of envy and pride.
"I used to have this crazy thing with Amy Adams. You see her consistently getting nominated, as she should, because Amy does good work," Henson previously told "Uptown" magazine. "But, it's like, 'Well, I did good work too.' But if you choose to stay in that place then you become miserable."
The Christian actress admitted that her feelings were not of God.
"It's a pity party and nobody cares. I'm human, so I've done it," Henson told "Uptown." "But I check that because it's ego and it's the devil."
In a previous interview with The Christian Post, Henson revealed that her faith in God has opened up opportunities that ultimately helped her build a career in Hollywood.
"It has definitely kept me sane and continues to keep me sane because I know how I got here. I moved to California with $700 in my pocket with my son and a dream and faith," Henson told CP. "And every time a door would close I would pray to God like 'I know you've got a plan for me because I'm still here.' There's a plan for me and I believe in that."
Those beliefs have carried Henson through the rejection that comes with being turned down for roles in her line of work and allowed her to walk in God's will for her life.
"Whenever I thought I was supposed to get something and it didn't fall through, I would just fall back to God and be like 'OK, well, what else, because whatever you've got must be better than this,'" she previously revealed to CP. "And then it is, it always is."
Henson has shared this faith with her fans and made sure to respond when one in particular took to Twitter last year and asked, "What's the best advice you have to offer as I begin my journey?"
The actress made sure to give a faith-filled response in her reply by tweeting, "#nevergiveup #God+Faith=MooveMountain."
