Check out this wonderful version of the song ‘Just A Closer Walk With Thee’ performed by Rhonda Vincent. Her lovely performance of this song was a part of the program Country's Family Reunion: Another Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting. The band accompanying her for this song is also very talented.

‘I am weak, but Thou art strong
Jesus, keep me from all wrong
I'll be satisfied as long as I walk
Dear Lord, close to Thee’

The talented Rhonda Vincent impressed everyone with this performance of ‘Just A Closer Walk With Thee,’ and many people online had thoughts about it.

“Love you Rhonda, there is nothing out there that you can't sing. Great voice,” comments one person on YouTube after watching the video.

“A beautiful Gospel song and a great singer/band,” writes another person online.

When it comes to her background, Rhonda Vincent was born on July 13, 1962, and is a well-known bluegrass singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Her career began in her childhood years when she was part of her family’s band called The Sally Mountain Show. Rhonda’s first taste of success in the bluegrass genre happened in the 1970s and 1980s, when people started to notice her mastery of the progressive chord structures and multi-range, fast-paced vocals intrinsic to bluegrass music. She even became known as the “Queen of Bluegrass,” and in 2017, she won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. 

As for ‘Just A Closer Walk With Thee,’ the song is a traditional gospel and jazz standard many artists have recorded over the years. Although the song's author is unknown, evidence strongly suggests that it dates back to southern African-American churches of the nineteenth century, possibly even before the Civil War. And the title and lyrics of the song point to passages from 2 Corinthians 5:7, which states, "We walk by faith, not by sight" and James 4:8, "Come near to God and He will come near to you."

We hope you enjoyed listening to Rhonda Vincent’s stunning rendition of ‘Just a Closer Walk with Thee’ today!