In the days after his sister Kelly's death in 2007, Luke Bryan says he was "not processing [the grief] well."

But when he went to view her body at the funeral home, he had a moment that changed everything—and allowed him to be a source of strength for the rest of his grieving family.

In fact, he says it was one of the most powerful spiritual experiences of his life.

"One of the most amazing situations I've ever had happen to me [happened on] the morning of her funeral," he recounts in a new appearance on CNN's All There Is podcast with Anderson Cooper.

Bryan woke up dreading the trip to the funeral home, but when he walked in, he was hit by a feeling more powerful than any he'd experienced before.

"I'm a pretty spiritual guy, and I'm pretty grounded in my belief in Christ and

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