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The Unfolding

Page 177: Jeremy Rosado: Laying Down a Dream, Becoming a Dad, and The Voice

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9867 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

 

From a very young age, Jeremy Rosado knew he was going to sing.  As he grew in his faith, he also began to understand that he not only had a gift, but that God wanted to use that gift. When he made it on Amercian Idol, it seemed like doors were finally opening.  He finished in the top 13, but his family was struggling. His sister had battled addiction for years and his niece needed a father.  At 21, Jeremy adopted his niece.  For 10 years, he focused on being the best dad, while we honed his craft as a worship leader.  Then, out of the blue in 2022, producers of The Voice called. 

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Page 177 of the unfolding is the story of Jeremy Rossado.

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I remember one night, her just crying.

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I remember holding her and rocking her to sleep when I was 13.

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And I remember looking up at the ceiling, telling him, God, if you provide,

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I'll spend the rest of my life making sure she never feels like this again.

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I put away the music.

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I gave up the dream.

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I didn't think it was ever going to

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happen. God's story has been unfolding. Since the beginning of time. He invites you to be a part of it.

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Another page in the unfolding.

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Hi, this is Meredith Foster.

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Maybe you know someone who seemed to be a prodigy from a young age. Everyone just knew what

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they were going to do when they grew up. That's what it was like for Jeremy Rosato. He started

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singing at three. He was performing in church. He was doing block party concerts in his neighborhood

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in New York City by the time he was six years old. Ever since he was little, he knew he was going to sing. When he was 10,

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he watched Kelly Clarkson win on American Idol, and he told his parents, that's going to be me one day.

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As he grew in his faith, Jeremy began to understand not only that he had a gift, but that God

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wanted to use that gift. He had been dreaming and believing for so long.

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So when he made it on American Idol, it seemed like the dream was finally beginning.

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But at home, addiction had kept Jeremy's sister from being the kind of mother that she wanted and needed to be.

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At the tender age of 13, Jeremy had begun stepping in as a

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father figure for his two-year-old niece, Jocelyn. Now years later, when Jeremy is 21, just as American

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