- Jaci Velasquez had numberone hits, platinum albums,

Grammy nominations, and almost as quickly

as she shot to stardom, she lost it all.

Her record label, herreputation, even her marriage.

Take a look.

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- [Narrator] JaciVelasquez' singing career

skyrocketed to stardomwhen she was only 16.

Everything she touchedseemed to turn to gold,

until it all came crashing down.

- [Jaci] Soon after sudden famein music, my career stalled,

my young marriage failed, and I felt like

the story of my lifewas broken, and useless.

Life was not going how I had planned.

- [Narrator] In her book,When God Rescripts Your Life,

Jaci shares her journey of ups and downs,

letting you know thatno matter what your life

looks like now, God cantake your broken pieces,

and repurpose them into something beautiful.

- Jaci Velasquez is here with us now,

and welcome back to The 700 Club.

- Thank you so much.

I'm glad I get to talk to you this time.

I mean, I love that I getto have these experiences,

and meet new people, andjust have fun with you.

- Well I don't always get to meet someone

when I've just arrived in the morning,

and I had a hat on, a flannel shirt on,

and you said, "Where'syour flannel?" (laughs)

- Well I mean you looked sogood in it though, it worked!

- Well you're very sweet, very sweet.

Well you had a platinum album, Jaci,

when you were just 16 yearsold, what was that like for you?

- It was surreal, I kindafelt like a Cinderella

kind of thing, you know,just having that experience

where people, you knowpeople enjoyed the music,

and they're actually buying the record.

I mean, I never would havethought in a billion years

that that would have happened.

- I remember your first album so well,

and On My Knees was oneof my favorite songs

that you did.- Really?

- I'm sure so manypeople remember that one.

Everything was going great for you.

You had success, your musiccareer was taking off,

you had a record label,but behind the scenes,

things were unraveling.

What was happening?

- I think I was young, and given a lot,

there was a lot on my plate,

so just sometimes with the success,

there comes a lot ofyes people, if you will.

Like, oh whatever yousay, okay you're right,

whatever you think, and thenyou start believing the yes's

after awhile, so instead ofreally seeking out the wisdom

of the elders, and then whenyou do seek out that wisdom,

sometimes we're stubborn in our youth,

'cause we don't wanna listen to it,

'cause we think we need know better,

but I think that for me,I had chosen to do a film

called Chasing Poppy, back in like 2000.

It was originally supposedto be like a PG-13 film,

but thankfully the director was willing

to take a bunch of the scenes away

that I felt uncomfortablewith, and it became a PG film,

but it was on 20thCentury Fox, so it wasn't,

it still wasn't a Christian film.

It was about three girls who all found out

they were dating the same guy.- That's funny,

that's pretty funny.- It's funny,

it was totally a rom-com.

But it did create some--- Your fans, a lot of 'em

didn't like that you were doing something

that wasn't totally Christian, right?

- The fans, and some ofthe industry as well,

just didn't, like a lot of people kind of

canceled events that I was on.

- [Wendy] That really,really hurt you, didn't it?

- Oh that was, it wasvery difficult for me,

'cause I felt like, hey Ithought we were a community,

and now I'm an outsider, kind of feeling.

- And at the same time, yourfirst marriage had unraveled.

- Well actually, the way it went down was,

I made a poor mistake bychoosing to do the film,

but we all make mistakes,and the problem was

I tried to go in there and fixthe mistake that I had made

by making another mistake,so at times I think in life,

we try to DIY our mistakes.

- You thought you couldget your reputation back

by getting married and being--

- And looking, and you know, seeming like,

hey, she's safe.- The perfect Christian woman.

- She's safe, she's grown up.

So I DIY'd one mistakewith another mistake,

and got divorced a yearand a couple months later,

and then after that wholeordeal, I decided to run away.

The only problem with running away

is you still take you with you.

- Right.

Well how did God rescript your life?

Your book is called,and I love this title,

'cause it's so true, WhenGod Rescripts Your Life.

How did God turn it all around?

- Oh my goodness, howhasn't He turned it around?

I feel like He'sconstantly in the business

of rescripting our stories,and rescripting our lives.

Sometimes it's based on thepoor choices we've made.

He is going to redirect the path,

and make lemonade out of lemons.

- Romans 8:28.- Exactly.

- All things work together for good.

- Who are in Christ, yes.

Also, at times, we havethis idea, this concept,

and this plan, these dreams that at times,

we confuse with God's calling.

Our dreams, God's calling.

Our vision, God's calling.

So I think a lot of times, like for me,

He rescripted some of my poor choices,

and He also rescripted someof the things in my life

that I didn't really see coming.

Like our oldest son,Zealand, he just turned 12.

He is on the spectrum for autism, but--

- [Wendy] And this wassomething you didn't script.

You didn't have script having

an autistic child.- That's not what,

that's not the plan I had, I mean--

- [Wendy] Well you, let's just back it up,

you did get remarried,

in 2006.- I did, yes!

Oh yes, let me back that up.

Okay, so in 2006, the boy that I had dated

prior to making the movie, who told me no,

to not make this movie.- Don't make the movie.

- Ends up calling me while I'm in Florida

after I'd just comeback from running away,

so I was living in England, I came back,

and he called me, andabout four months later,

five months after he flew toNashville, took me on a date,

we got married in 2006.- You realized he was the one?

- He was always the one,but I was so stubborn, ugh.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Okay.- Anyway, Zealand

is your 12 year old- Now Zealand.

- Autistic child.- My big boy.

- And he's doing well?

- He's doing very well,and it's part of the story

that I didn't seecoming, 'cause I remember

when he was in my belly, Iprayed for 10 fingers, 10 toes,

I got them, perfect 10fingers, perfect 10 toes,

and at 19 months old, they were like,

we saw that he wasn'tmeeting the milestones

other kids his age were meeting,

so that's not the script thatI would have had for my son,

or that I pictured for our lives,

but that's the script that God had for us.

- [Wendy] And your other son is how old?

- He is 10.

- And what's his name?- Soren.

- Okay, we don't wanna forget him.

- He is so cute, he is so cute.

He is the little brotherto the coolest big brother,

and he's the coolest little brother ever.

- I love it.

Well your last album was called Trust,

and that's also a themereally throughout your life,

throughout your c.d.

What have you learned about trust, Jaci?

- I've learned that trusting is hard.

Trusting is hard, because you look at,

like in your marriage, youhave to trust each other,

relationships, it's hard to trust,

but I do know that we servea God who is faithful,

and the core, that keyword in the word faithful,

is faith, so we havefaith that He is faithful,

He keeps His promises.

In the Bible, He made over 7000,

and He keeps every one of them.

Sometimes those promises lookdifferent than what we think,

and sometimes He shows up He'slike the cable guy sometimes,

He shows up when He feels like showing up,

He just gives us like a window,

and so He's going to keep His promise,

He's going to show up in His timing,

and it's gonna be perfect,

and that is how I've learned to trust,

that it is not easy,but it is so necessary.

- Well we're so glad thatyou still love singing,

because you're gonna do thatfor us in just a minute,

and we are actuallygonna let you go on over

to the set there to getready to sing for us.

We've only just scratchedthe surface of Jaci's story,

and for more, be sure to geta copy of her brand new book.

It's called When God Rescripts Your Life,

and it's available in stores nationwide,

it will so encourage you.

Jaci's latest album is called Trust.

It's available wherever music is sold.

And now, without furtherado, here's Jaci Velasquez,

singing Great Are You Lord.

(soft guitar music)

♪ Oh ♪

♪ You give life ♪

♪ You are love ♪

♪ You bring light to the darkness ♪

♪ You give hope ♪

♪ You restore ♪

♪ Every heart that is broken ♪

♪ Great are you, Lord ♪

♪ It's your breath in our lungs ♪

♪ So we pour out our praise,we pour out our praise ♪

♪ It's your breath in our lungs ♪

♪ So we pour out praise to you only ♪

♪ You give life ♪

♪ You are love ♪

♪ You bring light to the darkness ♪

♪ You give hope ♪

♪ Oh you restore ♪

♪ Every heart that is broken ♪

♪ Great are you, Lord ♪

♪ It's your breath in our lungs ♪

♪ So we pour out our praise,we pour out our praise ♪

♪ It's your breath in our lungs ♪

♪ So we pour out our praise to you only ♪

♪ All the Earth will shout your praise ♪

♪ Our hearts will cry,these bones will say ♪

♪ Great are you, Lord ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ All the Earth will shout your praise ♪

♪ Our hearts will cry,these bones will say ♪

♪ Great are you, Lord ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ All the Earth will shout your praise ♪

♪ We will shout your praise ♪

♪ Our hearts will cry,these bones will say ♪

♪ Bones will say ♪

♪ Great are you, Lord ♪

♪ It's your breath in our lungs ♪

♪ So we pour out our praise,we pour out our praise ♪

♪ It's your breath in our lungs ♪

♪ So we pour out our praise to you only ♪

♪ Yes, great are you, Lord ♪

♪ You are so good ♪

♪ Yes, great are you, Lord ♪