Velasquez Divorce

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Wednesday 24th August 2005

Jaci Velasquez breaks her silence about recent divorce.

LESS THAN two years after her 2003 wedding made the news, Christian/Latin music superstar Jaci Velasquez's marriage has ended in divorce. Velasquez and Indiana native Darren Potuck were married on 16th August, 2003, in Franklin, Tennessee. Jaci told Christian Music Today, "When my husband and I started out as newlyweds, we were like all newlyweds, wanting that dream marriage. Somehow, things took a turn and we have ended up in divorce." The 25-year-old singer continued, "I sought counselling, but the painful truth is that our marriage didn't work out. I've had such a difficult time with this. My heart hurt so badly that I felt like I wanted to crawl under a rock and just die. I can't say that I have ever felt such pain before. My heart literally felt like it was breaking in half."

Velasquez went on to talk about the song "Lay It Down" from her latest album 'Beauty Has Grace', released by Word Records. The lyrics of that song contain the lines: "All of my hopes and my dreams and my best laid plans/Are slowly slipping through my folded hands." Commented the singer, "I am learning how to live out the words of 'Lay It Down' daily and experiencing God's love, grace and mercy like never before. My God is so awesome, I can feel him lift me up every time I feel like it's all too much for me."
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Reader Comments

Posted by Eva Castilleja in Mission, Texas @ 05:59 on Feb 3 2012

wow...how easy it is for us to easily condemn others when the trial doesn't concern us nor anyone near us...BUT praise be to God our Lord who is GREAT in mercy and His love is above all things...all sin. I had the blessing to pray over Jackie when she was 12. I knew then the Lord's hand was over her...He was going to accomplish much in her life but, I also knew that the enemy would not rest in placing obstacles along her path. Over the years I've followed her in prayer....rejoiced in her times of success & cried in w/her in times of sorrow. Whether or not divorce opened doors for adultery...it too is forgivable. Remember...the grace of God abounds mercifully...no sin is too great for His covering and forgiveness. I am more than sure that the presence of confession...repentance...and personal surrending was very present in our sister's journey. Praise God our Lord is ALL FORGIVING... Jaci endured enough suffering...the blood of the Lamb has totally washed it all up...and indeed, it is TOTALLY between her and Jesus...only HE has known the depth of her heartache...ONLY HE knows her intimately...so then let's put this issue to rest okay. Rejoice with our sister :D whom God in his great love & mercy has given her the treasure and blessing of marriage once more and the joy of experiencing a family. INDEED I rejoice to see her restored. To know she still has a passion to sing & worship our Lord. Our God is a God of restoration and of many "2nd" changes :) therefore, let's spend our time encouraging, praying, and lifting up the family of God. Let's focus on restoring our brothers and sisters back home to our Lord Jesus Christ :D...Thank you Lord for Nick and Jaci...plus their two precious children. TOTALLY bless them in marriage....in ministry....and in love ....especially for you Jesus...amen :). God's peace be with you and everyone who reads this message...simply rest in knowing God is in control...amen.



Posted by Amy in Oklahoma City @ 19:38 on Jan 12 2012

How can people talk about Grace filled God and be so condemning in the same breath. By His GRACE are we saved as we ALL fall short of the glory of God...We each canhave a personal relationship with a loving and forgiving God! I'm sick of people throwing around the Bible to condemn.
A sin is a sin no matter what it is. There is no bigger or greater sin than another. Her divorce and her relationship with God is just that...between her and God! He loves each of us and at the end of the day we answer to Him, not this world!!!!!!



Posted by John Rochester in Vancouver, WA @ 20:59 on Nov 21 2011

Wow. I sincerely hope Jaci doesn't read these comments, I think they would only bring her further discouragement. If one reads the article above, it is plain to see her heart is broken over the issue. How some people could write with the viciousness they write with and still claim to love the Savior, is a mystery to me. Jesus does hate divorce but He also hates a multitude of sin, God (as I understand him) is a forgiving God and he was standing right there next to Jaci ready to forgive her and restore her. We, as believers, should think carefully before just spewing our comments on a topic-- especially when that topic is on line, for all to see...



Posted by Vili Swu in Nagaland @ 06:02 on Nov 17 2011

In Ur Song "Where I Belong" it says "I will always Put my Faith in u , cause i know U understand... I was trying my Best to follow U , cause i know u've got a plan" Jaci dnt worry Because God did everything on purpose..... Glorify His Name FOREVERMORE........... love u



Posted by Edmund Fordhunt in Oregon, USA @ 04:44 on Oct 29 2011

The plain fact is that the Savior who Jaci professes to serve forbids divorce except for the cause of fornication. My wife and I have had periods where we both felt like anything but being near each other would be tolerable. But we, in obedience to the Father by the mouth of Jesus, knew that divorce was not an option. Jaci is just a casualty of a "christianity" which mistakes grace for disobedience. If she remarries, it will be adultery. If we are born again we are delivered from the power of Satan and we do not have to disobey the Lord. Sure, we all have the flesh to deal with in one degree or another. But to commit adultery before the Lord while claiming to be a disciple publicly bearing witness is not acceptable. Repentance is needed, a clear understanding that it was not a "mistake", a "sad event", but a blatant disobedience and a serious sin: Matthew 5:32 - "But I say to you, That whoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causes her to commit adultery: and whoever shall marry her that is divorced commits adultery."


Reply by carolyn in MA @ 18:45 on Nov 16 2011

How do you know there was no extra-marital affair on her husband's part? You don't, so don't judge someone, especially someone you do not know personally!!

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Posted by christine in philippines @ 15:34 on Aug 16 2011

i don't need to know why jaci had to go through her divorce to say that i understand her perfectly. only her & God know exactly how it is and we are not to judge anyone of what's a sin or not because we are not god. God know our hearts and He will not judge us the way a human will.



Posted by Jacob in USA @ 09:28 on May 30 2011

Apostle Paul received his Gospel directly from the Lord Jesus, consequently he was in full agreement with Jesus that there was no legitimacy in any ‘no fault divorce’ and that even when the civil courts granted the divorce, the divorce did not dissolve the marriage.

Such is the irreversible union of the ‘one-flesh’ in the eyes of God. Divorce ends nothing. Pushing a piece of paper across a courtroom table changes nothing about that relationship in the eyes of God. As far as God is concerned they are still ‘one-flesh’ after the paper is pushed across the table.

Man invented ‘no fault divorce’ and it has no reality in God’s world.

Like Jesus, Paul regarded all marriages, Christian and non-Christian, as irreversible. Only the death of one of the partners can separate a married couple.

Remarriage, Jesus pointed out, means adultery, not a legitimate marriage.

If a spouse believes that by getting a divorce they have untied their marriage knot and are now free to remarry, they have mistakenly believed the civil court over Jesus.

Divorce only opens the door to adultery and not to freedom.

To believe that divorce actually ends a legitimate marriage is to call Jesus a liar. To obtain a divorce and then remarry is to sin against the Lord Jesus Christ.

Securing a divorce is a sinful action and those who obtain them and believe that they have erased their legitimate marriage must understand that the Lord still holds them to their original marriage covenant unto death.

They are not free and they will become adulterers if they remarry. The remarriage enters them into an adulterous relationship. A second marriage is only lawful when the original partner has died. Romans 7:2-3

Pastors who care for the souls of men will speak the TRUTH!


Reply by OLA in LONDON @ 17:10 on Aug 6 2011

Hi Jacob,

What you have written is 100% true. The Lord's return is imminent and many so called Christrian are going to be left behind to go into the great tribulation because they've remarried after divorce.

In the Lord's eyes they are adulterers and adultereress.

This is going to come as a real shock to many Christians in the public eye.

They've been deceived into believing that a public Ministry excuses them from obey a direct command.

"Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her."
"And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery." [Mark 10:11,12]

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Posted by farisee in California @ 07:45 on May 29 2011

Let's not get too carried away. She is an artist not a pastor or an elder. Divorce is horrible but so is lust, stealing and fornication. We've all been guilty of one of these at the very least. Talking at work about God when you should be working is form of stealing...let's not be so quick to throw stones. Keep it all in perspective. Where sin abounds...much more grace abounds! Hate the sin but pray for the sinner!



Posted by Aimee in usa @ 00:09 on May 24 2011

I am amazed how many judgmental Christians there are on here. Jaci got divorced so what that was clear back in 2005 get over it. We don't know what caused her divorce and it's none of our business. No one has the right to judge her only God. From what she has said in past interviews was "I was tired of being the only Christian in our home." It sounds like he convinced her that he was a Christian when he wasn't and seeing the fact that he is in a secular rock band sounds like to me like he is the one that had the issues there not Jaci. And from what this article says Jaci never said "We went for counseling." She said "I went for counseling," which most likely means that her ex refused to go to counseling therefore I see nothing wrong with her divorce. Now my personal opinion is it's time to let go of this topic seriously it's been 6 years. She is now happily married to her husband Nic since 2006 and has two wonderful children Zealand 2007 and Soren 2009. Let God be the judge and stop trying to play God. None of us are perfect all of us have made mistakes and by the way judging and bashing your sister in Christ is also sin against God. I still listen to Jaci's music and her divorce has not caused me to stumble as some on here has stated. We all have a free will and our mistakes has nothing to do with Jaci's divorce so stop playing the blame game.



Posted by Lupita Chapa in mcallen Tx @ 18:19 on Feb 28 2011

i read in the bible that a women can only divorce her husband if he had sexual relationships with another women this happened to me and am going threw a divorce.



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