His attitude towards life tells us that no decision built on love can be a regretful one, because love only paves the way for more love. Jeremy’s love for God is what allows him to accept and practice other expressions of love, such as that of music and of family. Our love can exist and thrive in so many different expressions and forms. But because they took this plunge and because they opened up their hearts to each other, Jeremy was able to find hope, faith and trust when he needed it the most. For Jeremy Camp, his love for Melissa led him to take the plunge, even when they knew that things could end in calamity for both of them. Sometimes love can be that all-consuming natural force that pushes us on to every decision we make. They now have three kids: two daughters and a son. Camp finally moved on, but it certainly wasn’t easy. Two years after her death, Jeremy married fellow singer Adrienne Liesching. One of Melissa’s dying wishes was that Jeremy finds someone else after her death.
I had my times of just being upset and God would show me, ‘Hey, I’m right here, I’ll walk you through this and it doesn’t make sense now but just trust me.’ That’s where faith come in – trust. But every time he felt down, his faith told him to have trust. At first, he felt frustrated, he felt angry, he felt confused about why he bothered to read the bibles and sing the praise of God. He learned not to blame his religion or God for taking Melissa away from his life. Moreover, he was finally able to embrace his relationship with God wholeheartedly. Thus ensued his extensive and illustrious career in the Christian music scene, where Jeremy managed to produce over ten albums and 32 number-one hits in the charts. Making music became part of his healing process, and he learnt that sharing his feelings not only brought him closer to Melissa’s memory but brought him close to God as well. The words poured out of him and he couldn’t stop them. He said that God basically told him to pick his guitar up, and even though he was at odds with that in the beginning, he finally found it in himself to pick his guitar up and start singing. One of his first songs, ‘I Still Believe’ dealt with Melissa’s illness and the emotional difficulties that accompanied it.Īccording to this interview on Belief Net, Jeremy wrote this song while he was still grieving over Melissa’s death. Jeremy became a widower at just 24 - before he could really get his career in order.
He chose to prioritize love, regardless of how much it could end up wounding him. As her partner in life, all Jeremy could do was support her. Melissa’s passions lied in her faith, and in her final days, she chose to work on that faith as best as she could. It’s true that each and every individual has their own reaction to tackling impending death, but what unites us is our ability to make the most of our lives, especially when we know it’s coming to end. Life and death are intertwined at each and every step of the way where there is life, there is death. In her final days, the pair would sing and worship, continuing to build their bond with God, and not fret about the unfortunate circumstances. She told Jeremy that if her death would allow one person to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, then it would all be worth it.
Jeremy Camp To Fox New s.īut Melissa didn’t see this as devastation instead, she had more of a positive outlook on this matter than anyone could ever expect. I saw that heart, that’s what drew me to her, her love for the Lord. It brought me down to go to the hospital and when I saw her face she was smiling. Jeremy could have easily walked away from her in order to save himself from getting hurt, from entangling himself into a relationship that was possibly heading towards unbearable hardship. A reveal like that has the potential to break off a budding relationship right there and then. Jeremy fell for her right away, professing ‘I love you’ very early on, even though she didn’t exactly return those feelings right away.Ī few months later, she called him up and gave him shocking news that was going to shift his world off its axis: she had ovarian cancer. Thus developed a connection between the two that was based as much on romance it was on faith. Jeremy was signing in front of the entire mass, and Melissa was immersed in his sound, her hands raised up high. Their love story began during a church session in San Diego, as revealed in CBN. He knew she was dying but he followed his heart anyway
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