Participants: Bill Santos
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201118
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00:01 AT 18 YEARS OLD SHE HAD ACHIEVED HER BIGGEST
00:02 DREAM, A RECORDING CONTRACT WITH SONY 00:04 RECORDS. SHE WOULD GO ON TO WORK WITH SUPERSTARS 00:08 CARLOS SANTANNA, PUFF DADDY AND RANDY JACKSON 00:09 AND WAS ON HER WAY TO SUPERSTAR STATUS HERSELF. 00:12 NAOMI STRIEMER HAD MADE IT, BUT AN AMAZING 00:17 ENCOUNTER IN NEW YORK CITY COMPLETELY TURNED 00:18 HER LIFE AROUND. 00:25 (MUSIC) 00:38 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME . . . 00:41 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 00:45 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:49 IT IS WRITTEN . . 00:50 . SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:57 (MUSIC) 01:06 WELL, WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S "IT IS WRITTEN 01:07 PROGRAM" AND LET ME WELCOME MY SPECIAL GUEST, 01:09 NAOMI STRIEMER. NAOMI, WELCOME. >>NAOMI: THANK 01:12 YOU. >>BILL: WELL, WE WANTED TO DO THIS FOR 01:13 SOME TIME. >>NAOMI: YEAH. 01:15 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT AND FINALLY WE WERE ABLE 01:16 TO HAVE IT SO THAT YOUR SCHEDULE ALLOWED YOU TO 01:19 BE HERE WITH US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING IT FOR 01:22 US. >>NAOMI: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >>BILL: WELL 01:23 NAOMI I WANT TO GET TO YOUR STORY AS QUICKLY AS 01:25 WE CAN BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A POWERFUL, POWERFUL STORY 01:30 OF HOW THE LORD HAS WORKED IN YOUR LIFE. AND 01:30 REALLY, YOU'VE DONE A 180. 01:33 >>NAOMI: OH COMPLETELY. 01:33 YEAH. IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T, I MEAN, 01:36 TECHNICALLY, I STARTED HERE AND THEN I KIND 01:37 OF WENT IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION. WHEN 01:41 I WAS A KID, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY MUSIC THAT I KNEW, 01:45 HONESTLY WE DIDN'T HAVE TELEVISION OR RADIOS, IT 01:46 WAS JUST CHURCH MUSIC. AND WE HAD ORCHESTRAL MUSIC 01:49 THAT WE PLAYED IN THE CAR I NEVER GOT ADVENTUROUS. I 01:53 NEVER TURNED ON THE RADIO, NONE OF THAT. SO WHEN I 01:54 WAS SIX YEARS OLD I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHERE IT CAME 01:58 INTO ME, I JUST DECLARED, I'M GOING TO BE A SINGER. 02:01 I'M GOING TO GROW UP AND BE A SINGER. AND NOW 02:02 LOOKING BACK, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT GOD HAD HIS 02:04 HAND IN IT WAY BACK THEN YOU KNOW, HE'S INSTILLED 02:07 IT INTO ME AND IT JUST TOOK HIM A LITTLE TIME TO 02:08 GET ME WHERE HE WANTED ME. 02:14 >>BILL: I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE YOUNGER, SINGING IN 02:15 CHURCH, YOU'RE.>>NAOMI: OH YEAH. >>BILL:.SINGING IN 02:17 THE CHOIR.>>NAOMI: YEAH. 02:17 >>BILL:.DOING THAT KIND OF STUFF. >>NAOMI: OH, THE 02:20 WHOLE THING, YOU KNOW. IT WAS - I WAS TEN YEARS OLD 02:22 AND I USED TO ASK MY DAD, 'SO WHAT CHURCH ARE 02:23 WE GOING TO SING AT THIS WEEK, DAD?' >>BILL: WOW. 02:25 >>NAOMI: HE'D GET UP AND PLAY GUITAR AND I'D SING. 02:28 IT ALL STARTED WITH ME SINGING BETWEEN MY 02:28 PARENTS, YOU KNOW, ON A STACK OF BOOKS, HYMN BOOKS 02:32 UNDERNEATH, YOU KNOW. 02:32 AND I'D BE IN BETWEEN THEM HARMONIZING.>>BILL: WOW. 02:35 >>NAOMI:.THAT'S HOW IT ALL BEGAN. AND THEN WHEN I WAS 02:38 FIFTEEN, OF COURSE, BY THEN I'D HEARD THE RADIO 02:39 I GOT ADVENTUROUS AND TURNED IT ON. AND THEN MY 02:45 WHOLE FOCUS WAS, I WANT TO DO, I WANT TO DO THAT KIND 02:50 OF MUSIC. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GO THERE. AND I BELIEVE 02:51 THAT THE LORD HAD HIS HAND IN EVERY PART OF MY 02:55 JOURNEY. IT WASN'T THAT HE LEFT ME AT THAT POINT. I 03:00 THINK HE WANTED CERTAIN THINGS TO HAPPEN AND I 03:01 FOUND MYSELF IN NEW YORK CITY AT 18 YEARS OLD. 03:04 >>BILL: WOW. SO YOU GET - SO WHAT TOOK YOU TO NEW 03:08 YORK? >>NAOMI: I MYSELF THAT ALL THE TIME NOW. 03:09 NO, REALLY, IT WAS A VERY DETERMINED YOUNG GIRL, 03:14 I WAS. AND I MOVED MY PARENTS; I CONVINCED THEM 03:17 TO MOVE TO FLORIDA FOR ME BECAUSE I THOUGHT THERE 03:18 WAS A RECORD COMPANY THAT I WANTED TO SIGN WITH 03:20 THERE. AND I ENDED UP GETTING THERE, DECIDING I 03:24 DIDN'T WANT TO WORK WITH THEM, DOING ALL THESE 03:25 SHOWS. ONE THING LEAD TO ANOTHER, I WORKED WITH 03:27 THIS PRODUCER AND FOUND MYSELF IN NEW YORK CITY AT 03:32 THIS ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYING, 'PLEASE SEND ME 03:33 TO SOME RECORD COMPANIES'. 03:36 AND HE THOUGHT, MY GOODNESS THIS GIRL IS 03:37 JUST, SHE'S EITHER CRAZY OR MAYBE SHE HAS 03:42 SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS TO SAY. AND THAT NIGHT 03:46 HE CALLED ME UP WITH ALL THESE NUMBERS AND MEETINGS 03:47 LINED UP AND BY THE END OF THAT WEEK I HAD A DEAL. 03:50 >>BILL: WOW. >>NAOMI: I WAS, YOU KNOW, I LOOK BACK 03:53 ON IT NOW AND I KIND OF, LAUGH BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T 03:54 HAPPEN. AND I KNOW THAT NOW BUT BACK THEN I WAS 03:57 JUST SO DETERMINED. I TOLD MY DAD BEFORE MY MOTHER 04:02 AND I LEFT FOR THAT TRIP, I SAID, I'M GOING TO NEW 04:03 YORK, I'M GOING TO COME BACK WITH A RECORD DEAL. 04:06 THAT'S IT. AND THAT'S HAPPENED. >>BILL: SO, YOU 04:09 GREW UP WHERE? >>NAOMI: IN NOVA SCOTIA. >>BILL: YOU 04:10 GREW UP IN NOVA SCOTIA. 04:14 >>NAOMI: ON A FARM. 04:15 >>BILL: ON A FARM IN NOVA SCOTIA, YOU'RE NOW 18 04:16 YEARS OLD.>>NAOMI: YUP. >>BILL:.IN NEW 04:17 YORK CITY.>>NAOMI: YES. 04:19 >>BILL:.WITH A RECORD DEAL. >>NAOMI: YA. LET'S 04:20 TURN IT ALL AROUND, MY LIFE IS.>>BILL: WOW. 04:24 >>NAOMI: I GREW UP MILKING GOATS AND MUCKING OUT 04:26 STALLS AND STUFF. SO THIS IS A BIG CHANGE. YOU KNOW, 04:27 BEING TO THE POINT OF, THERE'S ALWAYS A LIMO 04:31 WAITING FOR YOU AT THE AIRPORT AND THERE'S A 04:34 HUNDRED PEOPLE CALLING YOU EVERYDAY AND THE NEXT TWO 04:35 YEARS THEY SPENT A MILLION CANADIAN DOLLARS ON FLYING 04:39 ME AROUND EUROPE AND, I WENT TO SCANDANAVIA AND 04:45 ALL OVER THE PLACE, TO MAKE THIS GREAT 04:46 RECORD AND IT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL. I WAS 04:49 JUST HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE AND ONE THING LEAD TO 04:55 ANOTHER AND MY MOM ASKED ME THIS QUESTION RIGHT 04:56 BEFORE THE RECORD WAS GOING TO COME OUT. 05:00 SHE SAID, WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE - SHE KNEW THIS WAS 05:02 VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.>>BILL: YES. 05:03 >>NAOMI:.MY WHOLE LIFE, AND SHE SAID, WHAT WOULD 05:05 YOU CHOOSE IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE ONE FIRST - NOT 05:10 JUST ONE, DEFINITELY, BUT JUST ONE FIRST - THE 05:11 SECOND COMING OF GOD OR YOUR ALBUM COMING OUT? 05:15 >>BILL: OH MY GOODNESS. 05:15 >>NAOMI: I WAS 19 ½ YEARS OLD AND I THOUGHT, YOU 05:21 KNOW, AND I REMEMBERED I ANSWERED AND I SAID, WELL, 05:26 OBVIOUSLY, THE SECOND COMING BECAUSE THAT'S MORE 05:27 IMPORTANT THAN THIS. AND I WAS STILL GROUNDED BUT IT 05:30 WAS WHAT I WANTED, VERY BADLY, AND OVER THE NEXT 05:34 TWO MONTHS MY ENTIRE TEAM AT SONY RECORDS WAS FIRED 05:35 AND I HAD NO RECORD COMING OUT. SO, IT WAS JUST SO 05:38 AMAZING AND I LOOK BACK NOW AND I GO, THE LORD 05:41 WAS, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN. THERE'S 05:42 A REASON BUT FOR ME IT WAS, HOW COULD YOU DO 05:46 THIS TO ME? OR HOW COULD YOU GIVE ME EVERYTHING I 05:50 WANT.>>BILL: SO YOU GO FROM 18 YEARS OLD AND A 05:51 RECORD DEAL TO TWO YEARS LATER.>>NAOMI: TWENTY 05:53 YEARS OLD AND WANTING TO DIE. >>BILL: WITH NOTHING. 05:57 IT'S ALL BEEN PULLED.>>NAOMI: IT'S ALL 05:58 GONE. THEY HAD THE MUSIC, I WAS BROKE, I 06:01 WAS PENNILESS AND BACK IN CANADA FROM THE U.S. AND I 06:05 WOULD CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP. 06:06 I WAS SO DEPRESSED. AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WHAT AM 06:09 I SUPPOSED TO DO? IT'S ALL I'VE DONE MY WHOLE 06:10 LIFE MY FRIENDS WENT TO COLLEGE. THIS HAS BEEN 06:14 MY CAREER.>>BILL: SURE. 06:15 >>NAOMI:.WHAT DO I DO? AND THE LORD LEAD ME TO - I 06:19 CALL IT MY REALITY CHECK AND HE SAID YOU'RE REALLY 06:24 GOING TO HAVE NOTHING UNLESS YOU GO OUT THERE 06:25 AND START DOING SOMETHING INSTEAD OF WALLOWING 06:28 IN YOUR DEPRESSION. AND I PLAYED BOOK STORES. I TOOK 06:32 MY KEYBOARD AND MADE MY CAR PAYMENT PLAYING IN 06:33 BOOK STORES. >>BILL: SO FROM HAVING THIS RECORD 06:37 DEAL NOW YOU'RE CARRYING YOUR KEYBOARD AROUND FROM 06:39 BOOK STORE TO BOOK STORE.>>NAOMI: YA. 06:40 >>BILL:.SINGING TO MAKE...NOW, YOU'RE VERY 06:42 MODEST AND YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO SAY THIS BUT, I 06:45 MEAN, YOU WERE IDENTIFIED AS THE UP AND COMING 06:46 CANADIAN.>>NAOMI: YA. 06:47 >>BILL:.POP, IS THAT.>>NAOMI: OH YEAH. 06:48 >>BILL:.ARTIST. I MEAN. 06:52 >>NAOMI: IT WAS REALLY WHAT HAPPENED FROM THE 06:53 BOOK STORES. ALL THESE CHANCES CAME TO ME AND 06:57 I ENDED UP IN LOS ANGELES WITH A SECOND RECORD DEAL. 07:02 >>BILL: SO YOU GO TO THE BOOK STORES. >>NAOMI: 07:03 YEAH. >>BILL: SO YOU'RE SINGING IN THE BOOK STORES 07:06 AND FROM THAT.>>NAOMI: I GET ANOTHER RECORD DEAL. 07:08 >>BILL:.YOU GET A RECORD DEAL. >>NAOMI: YEAH. 07:09 >>BILL: AND NOW YOU'RE IN LOS ANGELES WITH ANOTHER 07:11 RECORD DEAL. >>NAOMI: YES. 07:12 AND SO FROM THAT I FIND MYSELF IN THIS RESTAURANT 07:15 MEETING CARLOS SANTANA, THIS GREAT GUITAR PLAYER. 07:18 >>BILL: WOW. >>NAOMI: AND, AGAIN, I SAY THE LORD HAD 07:19 HIS HAND IN ALL OF THIS AND I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE 07:23 OF THE FINALE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND HE MAKE A 07:30 DECISION. SANTANA MAKES A DECISION THAT HE WANTS TO 07:31 PLAY ON MY RECORD. THIS NOBODY, LITTLE ARTIST 07:34 AND, YOU KNOW, TWO MONTHS FROM MEETING ME IN THAT 07:38 RESTAURANT HE WAS IN THE STUDIO WORKING ON THE 07:39 SONG THAT I WROTE IN MY LIVINGROOM, NOT THINKING 07:42 IT WAS GOING TO GO ANYWHERE AND FROM THAT 07:45 EVERYTHING JUST BLEW UP. 07:46 YOU KNOW, NATIONAL NEWS, PAPERS, ON THE FRONT 07:50 COVERS TO, YOU KNOW, LLOYD ROBERTSON WITH THE 07:51 NATIONAL NIGHTLY NEWS TALKING ABOUT 'WATCH THIS 07:55 GIRL'. BEING COMPARED TO MY MUSICAL IDOLS WHICH 08:01 WERE WHITNEY, MYRIAH, AND CELENE AND IT WAS JUST 08:02 THIS PHENOMENAL TIME AND AGAIN WAITING AND WAITING 08:08 AND IT WAS JUST LIKE THE RUG WAS PULLED OUT. 08:12 >>BILL: FOR A SECOND TIME. 08:12 >>NAOMI: FOR A SECOND TIME. >>BILL: YOU AND I 08:14 TALKED ONE TIME AND I WAS PARTICULARLY INQUISITIVE 08:15 ABOUT THE MEETING WITH CARLOS SANTANA. >>NAOMI: 08:21 YES. >>BILL: AND YOU SAID SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING 08:24 ABOUT WHAT HE SPENT THE BULK OF HIS TIME TALKING 08:25 TO YOU ABOUT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS FASCINATING. 08:31 I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN ASIDE BUT I THOUGHT 08:34 THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING. 08:34 >>NAOMI: WELL, HE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH BECAUSE I NEVER 08:36 LOST MY CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGH ALL OF THIS. I, 08:37 YOU KNOW, I CAN PROBABLY COUNT ON MY HANDS THAT I 08:40 ACTUALLY MISSED A CHURCH SERVICE ANYWHERE IN THE 08:43 WORLD AND I WAS ALWAYS VERY PRIVATE ABOUT IT. AND 08:44 FROM THE MOMENT I MET HIM, FROM THE MOMENT HE JOINED 08:48 US FOR DINNER ALL HE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS 08:52 HIS FAITH AND HIS BELIEF AND WHY HE DID WHAT HE 08:53 DID. AND HE SAID THERE WAS ONLY ONE REASON WHY I DO 08:56 WHAT I DO AND HE SAID THAT IS TO SHARE LATE AND I 08:59 WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL THIS UNITY WHERE THERE CAN BE 09:00 PEACE IN THE WORLD AND GOD CAN LOOK UPON THAT AND SAY 09:05 THESE PEOPLE ARE PEACEFUL EVEN IF IT'S FOR ONE 09:07 MOMENT AT A CONCERT. 09:08 AND I THOUGHT, WOW, I'M NOT TALKING LIKE THIS TO 09:12 ANYBODY AND I HAVE THIS FAITH, THIS STRONG FAITH 09:13 BUT I'M NOT, I'M SO SCARED. I WOULD HAVE EVER 09:19 MENTIONED, IF SOMEBODY WAS INTERVIEWING ME I WOULD 09:22 SCAMPER AROUND THE TOPIC OF MY CHRISTIANITY, MY 09:23 GOD, JESUS.>>BILL: HE'S JUST COMING RIGHT OUT, 09:30 HE PUT IT RIGHT OUT THERE >>NAOMI: HE'S JUST SAYING 09:33 IT. YEAH. >>BILL: THAT'S INCREDIBLE. WHAT AN 09:34 IMPORTANT LESSON FOR ALL OF US. >>NAOMI: IT TAUGHT 09:36 ME. I MADE A MENTAL NOTE, I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS 09:37 SPEAKING AND I THOUGHT, WHAT A LESSON HE'S 09:38 TEACHING ME. I'M A COWARD, YOU KNOW. AND I REMEMBER 09:42 I KEPT THAT IN THE BACK OF MIND THROUGH THE YEARS. 09:47 AND THEN I, OF COURSE, HAD THE SILENCE AFTER THIS BIG 09:48 HUGE PUSH AND EVERYONE WAS JUST SCRATCHING 09:55 THEIR HEADS GOING, WHAT HAPPENED? >>BILL: SO, YOU 09:57 GO INTO THE STUDIO - LET ME JUST BACK UP - YOU 09:58 TAPE THIS SONG WHERE, THAT FEATURES CARLOS 10:00 SANTANA.>>NAOMI: YEAH. 10:00 >>BILL:.CARS, WAS IT? 10:05 >>NAOMI: IT WAS CARS. >>BILL: CARS, OKAY. 10:06 >>NAOMI: AND THEN WE SHOT A MUSIC VIDEO FOR IT. 10:09 >>BILL: AND EVERYTHING IS INDICATING THAT THIS IS 10:12 GOING TO BE THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST MEDORIC, 10:13 OR HOWEVER THEY SAY IT, RIGHT? >>NAOMI: YES. 10:20 >>BILL: JUST RISING, RIGHT? SO WHAT HAPPENS 10:22 NOW? >>NAOMI: WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. I LOVE THIS 10:23 PICTURE THAT I HAVE WHERE SOMEHOW I ENDED UP ON 10:28 THE NATIONAL POST AND THE GLOBE AND MAIL WITHIN LIKE 10:32 A WEEK OF EACH OTHER, ON THE FRONT COVER. AND I'M 10:33 HOLDING UP ALL OF THESE NEWSPAPERS AND THESE 10:36 MAGAZINES OF THESE PEOPLE SAYING INCREDIBLE THINGS 10:39 AND WE WERE JUST WAITING FOR IT. I WAS JUST LIKE, 10:40 THIS IS IT. THE LORD HAD SHOWN ME - BECAUSE I 10:44 ALWAYS CALLED THE CHAPTER DAYS WHEN I WAS PLAYING IN 10:46 THE BOOK STORES TEACHING HUMILITY. AND I THOUGHT I 10:47 HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT TO SEE WHAT THAT'S LIKE 10:52 BEFORE GOD WAS GOING TO ALLOW ME TO HAVE THIS. TO 10:56 KEEP ME HUMBLE. >>BILL: RIGHT. TO KEEP YOU 10:57 GROUNDED. >>NAOMI: YES. 10:59 SO, I THOUGHT, THIS IS IT. 11:00 AND EVERYBODY WAS SAYING THAT AGAIN. YOU KNOW, I 11:02 REMEMBER WITH SONY, THEY HAD STARTED TO SAY ALL 11:03 THESE THINGS AND IT WAS ALL OVER AGAIN. AND 11:05 I THOUGHT, WOW, THIS IS REALLY INCREDIBLE. IT WAS 11:10 REALLY INCREDIBLE BECAUSE IT JUST - I WENT BACK TO 11:11 L.A. AND WE WERE WAITING. 11:17 I'D WAIT FOR THE PHONE TO RING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE 11:18 RECORD HAS FINISHED OR WE WANT YOU ON TOUR AND THERE 11:23 WAS JUST NOTHING. AND IT WAS JUST, WHAT HAPPENED? 11:26 AND, NOW, LOOKING BACK I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA WHAT 11:27 HAPPENED. SO, FROM THAT IT LEAD ME TO ANOTHER 11:35 - I WAITED A YEAR FOR SOMETHING TO PICK UP AND I 11:40 FOUND MYSELF IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER THIS, TRYING 11:41 FOR ROUND THREE. YOU KNOW, I HADN'T GIVEN UP AND 11:45 DURING THAT TIME.>>BILL YOU REALIZE, MOST PEOPLE 11:48 GET ONE OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? YOU REALIZE THAT, 11:49 RIGHT? >>NAOMI: YES. YES. 11:51 >>BILL: NOW, YOU'RE WORKING ON YOUR THIRD 11:51 >>NAOMI: YES. I'M WORKING ON THREE. I'M NOT LETTING 11:54 THIS GO. AND I REMEMBER DURING THAT TIME, THAT ONE 11:58 YEAR, THE LORD CAN'T BE CRUEL AND I WOULD PRAY. 11:59 I WOULD SAY, LORD, IF YOU DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN 12:03 FOR ME, TAKE MY VOICE AWAY. AND I WANT TO WAKE 12:06 UP TOMORROW AND NOT BE ABLE TO SING SO I'LL FOCUS 12:07 ON SOMETHING ELSE IF THIS ISN'T WHAT YOU WANT. AND 12:09 WHEN HE DIDN'T I'D START CHASING IT AGAIN. AND SO I 12:12 FOUND MYSELF IN A HIP-HOP STUDIO IN NEW YORK CITY 12:13 WITH SOMEBODY WHO WANTED TO WORK WITH ME AND I WAS 12:17 AT, OF COURSE, THE BIGGEST HIP-HOP GUYS, SEAN 'PUFF 12:22 DADDY' COMBS STUDIO. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE MY 12:23 BIG LIFE CHANGING MOMENT HAPPENED. AND MY WHOLE 12:28 WORLD GOT TURNED AROUND AND, AND, UM, BY A 12:32 CHAUFFEUR DRIVER. >>BILL: THAT'S A GOOD CLIFF 12:33 HANGER. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR YOU SING 12:39 RIGHT NOW. YOU PREPARED A SONG.>>NAOMI: YES. >>BILL: 12:43 AND WHEN WE COME BACK FROM THAT I WANT TO HEAR HOW 12:44 THIS CHAUFFEUR IMPACTED YOUR LIFE SIGNIFICANTLY. 12:49 >>NAOMI: YEAH. 13:02 WATCH THE SUN GO BY, 13:06 IT'S PLAIN TO SEE EVERYTHING INSIDE, 13:12 REMINDING ME THAT YOU ARE IN MY LIFE, 13:19 YOU'RE HOLDING ME WHEN I CAN'T FIND THE LIGHT 13:20 YOU BURN IT BRIGHTER. 13:27 EVERY BREATH I TAKE, 13:31 YOU'VE GIVEN ME I WILL PRAISE YOUR NAME. 13:37 LIFTED UP ABOVE THESE CLOUDS THAT HANG, 13:44 I'LL CAST MY BURDENS AT YOUR FEET IN YOUR NAME. 13:50 YOU TAKE ME WHERE I AM, INVITE ME IN. 14:03 YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, OUR IMMAUEL. 14:09 EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW AT THE SOUND OF YOUR NAME. 14:15 YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, EVERY MIRACLE, 14:22 LET OUR ANTHEM RING, HOLY IN THE HIGHEST. 14:28 WE SHALL NEVER CEASE TO SAY, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. 14:48 UNDERNEATH YOUR WINGS, 14:51 UNDERNEATH YOUR WINGS, 14:53 YOU COVER ME WHEN I AM FRAIL AND WEAK. 14:59 YOU CARRY ME WHEN I FALL TO MY KNEES. 15:05 I KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE ONE THAT CARRIED ME 15:11 BACK TO YOUR SAFETY LIVING FROM OUR SINS. 15:17 I FEEL YOUR GLORY, NOTHING I COULD DO, 15:23 COULD MAKE ME WORTHY OF YOUR LOVE-FILLED SON, 15:30 WHO DIED AND GAVE LIFE TO A SINNER LIKE ME. 15:37 YOU TAKE ME WHERE I AM, YOU INVITE ME IN. 15:49 YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, OUR IMMANUEL. 15:55 EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW AT THE SOUND OF YOUR NAME. 16:01 YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, EVERY MIRACLE, 16:08 LET OUR ANTHEM RING, HOLY IN THE HIGHEST. 16:14 WE SHALL NEVER CEASE TO SAY, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. 16:23 THE WIND CRIES OUT, THE TREES WILL BOW, 16:29 OUR HEARTS WILL SING, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. 16:36 OUR IMMANUEL, YOU ARE EVERYTHING I HAVE KNOWN. 16:47 YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. 16:56 OH, OH. YES YOU ARE. 17:07 YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. 17:14 YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, OUR IMMANUEL. 17:20 EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW AT THE SOUND OF YOUR NAME. 17:25 YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, EVERY MIRACLE, 17:32 LET OUR ANTHEM RING, HOLY IN THE HIGHEST. 17:38 WE SHALL NEVER CEASE TO SAY, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. 17:52 OH. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. 18:18 >>BILL: WELL, THAT SONG WAS CALLED.>>NAOMI: 18:19 BEAUTIFUL. 18:20 >>BILL:.BEAUTIFUL AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. >>NAOMI: 18:21 THANK YOU. >>BILL: DID YOU WRITE THAT? >>NAOMI: 18:23 DID. >>BILL: WOW. THAT'S, YOU'RE VERY TALENTED. I 18:24 WANT TO GET BACK TO THE CHAUFFEUR BECAUSE YOU 18:25 LEFT ME ON A BIT OF A CLIFFHANGER THERE. 18:27 >>NAOMI: YES. >>BILL: SO, YOU'RE IN THE STUDIO, 18:28 PUFFY, PUFF.>>NAOMI: PUFF DADDY.>>BILL: PUFF 18:29 DADDY.>>NAOMI: IT'S QUITE A NAME. >>BILL: THAT'S 18:31 RIGHT, PUFF DADDY AND YOU SAID THE CHAUFFEUR SAID 18:32 SOMETHING THAT MADE...>>NAOMI: YES. 18:33 >>BILL:.SORT OF, CLICKED FOR YOU. >>NAOMI: YES. 18:34 WELL, I WAS PACING THE HALLS BECAUSE THERE WAS 18:36 SOMETHING INSIDE OF ME THAT SAID THERE'S 18:37 SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS. 18:38 YOU KNOW THIS PROBABLY ISN'T THE DIRECTION YOU 18:39 WANT TO GO. AND AS I WAS PACING THE CHAUFFEUR MET 18:42 ME, LIKE, FACE TO FACE IN THE HALLWAY WHICH WAS 18:46 ALREADY VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AND HE SAID TO ME, WELL, I 18:47 HAD A DREAM ABOUT YOU LAST NIGHT. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT 18:50 A SINGLE GIRL IN NEW YORK WANTS TO HEAR. >>BILL: 18:53 YES. >>NAOMI: AND SO I WAS LIKE, I HAVE TO BE POLITE 18:54 AND I SAID OKAY AND HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT AN 18:58 ANGEL HAD COME TO HIM IN HIS SLEEP AND HAD A 19:02 MESSAGE TO DELIVER. AND THAT MESSAGE WAS EXACTLY 19:03 THIS, HE SAID, YOU KEEP WONDERING WHY YOU'RE 19:07 GETTING THESE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES, EVERYTHING 19:13 YOU'VE EVER WANTED. HE SAID, AND THEY'RE TAKING 19:14 YOU UP TO THE MOUNTAINTOP AND RIGHT BEFORE YOU'RE 19:17 GOING TO FLY AND SOAR WITH THE EAGLES AND GET 19:20 EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER IMAGINED IT ALL CRUMBLES 19:21 TO DUST AT YOUR FEET. AND HE SAID IT KEEPS HAPPENING 19:24 OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND I'M SITTING THERE GOING 19:31 HOW DOES...>>BILL: GOOSEBUMPS. >>NAOMI:.WHERE 19:32 IS THIS COMING FROM? 19:34 >>BILL: I'M COVERED IN GOOSEBUMPS. >>NAOMI: YES. 19:35 WHERE - BECAUSE I'D BEEN HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS 19:37 WITH GOD. HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS? AND HE SAID TO ME, 19:40 YOU'RE AT A CROSSROADS IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW. YOU 19:41 CAN CHANGE IT RIGHT NOW FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. AND 19:44 I - WHAT IS THIS? WHAT IS THIS? AND HE SAID, IF YOU 19:50 DECIDE, TODAY, TO WALK AWAY FROM EVERYTHING YOU 19:51 WANT, TO STOP CHASING EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE 19:56 BEEN AFTER YOUR WHOLE LIFE, HE SAID IF YOU 20:00 CHOOSE TO GIVE IT ALL UP, WALK AWAY FOR GOD THEN 20:01 YOU'LL GET EVERYTHING. IN THAT MOMENT I HAD NO IDEA 20:07 WHAT THAT MEANT. HOW DO I GIVE EVERYTHING UP TO GET 20:13 IT ALL? WHAT AM I NOT DOING IN MY LIFE THAT 20:14 - YOU KNOW, I'M A GOOD CHRISTIAN, I'M A GOOD 20:18 CHRISTIAN. I GO TO CHURCH EVERY WEEKEND. YOU KNOW, I 20:22 TEACH BIBLE CLASSES. AND HE SAID SO MANY THINGS 20:23 IN THAT CONVERSATION THAT NOBODY COULD KNOW ABOUT MY 20:27 LIFE AND MY STRUGGLE AND WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH 20:32 AND THAT WAS IT. HE JUST KEPT COMING BACK TO; YOU 20:33 CAN CHANGE IT ALL RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE THE 20:37 OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO CHANGE IT. AND I WENT 20:41 RUNNING OUT OF THERE. 20:42 YOU KNOW, SPRINTING OUT. I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GOING 20:45 TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE HOTEL ROOM WITHOUT LOSING 20:46 LUNCH AND I, I WAS JUST SHAKING. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO 20:50 TO CALL BECAUSE I THOUGHT NO ONE'S GOING TO BELIEVE 20:52 THIS. TO ME IT WAS, YOU KNOW, AN ANGEL REALLY 20:53 IN REAL LIFE TALKING TO ME.>>BILL: OF COURSE 20:58 IT WAS. >>NAOMI:.AND I THOUGHT NO ONE, EVERYONE'S 21:01 GOING TO THINK I'M CRAZY. 21:02 I REMEMBER I CALLED MY PARENTS BUT YOU CAN'T 21:03 DESCRIBE THAT FEELING AND I WENT BACK AND I, I KNEW 21:04 I HAD TO CHANGE SOMETHING AND FOR ME IT WAS, I HAD 21:09 TO GET SOME PEOPLE OUT OF MY LIFE THAT WERE GOING TO 21:12 POTENTIALLY LEAD ME TO THE WRONG ROAD. AND SO 21:13 I REMEMBER THAT I PRAYED THAT I AM NOT STRONG 21:17 ENOUGH TO TAKE THESE PEOPLE OUT OF MY LIFE, SO 21:19 YOU HAVE TO DO IT, LORD BECAUSE I CAN'T. I NEVER 21:20 HEARD FROM THEM AGAIN. 21:23 NEVER HEARD FROM THEM AGAIN. AND I ENDED UP 21:24 MEETING - IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE. IT WASN'T JUST THAT 21:28 DAY THAT I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S IT; I KNOW EXACTLY, 21:33 I'VE GOT TO USE MY TALENTS AND GIFT FOR GOD. IT 21:34 WASN'T THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW. AND I MEET RANDY 21:37 JACKSON ON A PLANE RIDE TO L.A. AND BY THE TIME THE 21:43 PLANE RIDE WAS FINISHED HE HAD TOBIAS ? AND WE WERE 21:44 GOING TO WORK TOGETHER. SO I WORKED WITH RANDY 21:48 JACKSON FOR SIX MONTHS THE WHOLE TIME WITH THIS 21:51 CONVERSATION IN THE BACK OF MY MIND GOING, ARE YOU 21:52 DOING THE SAME THING THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS WHOLE 21:56 TIME. YOU'RE GETTING RIGHT BACK IN IT AGAIN, AREN'T 21:59 YOU? AND I REMEMBER AT AROUND THE SIX MONTH MARK, 22:00 RIGHT BEFORE WE WERE ABOUT TO SIGN THIS BIG DEAL, I 22:04 CALLED HIM UP AND I SAID, I CAN'T DO IT. I CAN'T DO 22:07 IT. I HAVE TO GO INTO CHRISTIAN MUSIC. THAT'S 22:08 WHAT IT IS. THE LORD GAVE ME A GIFT AND I'M NOT 22:11 USING IT FOR HIM. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIM AND THE 22:15 GOOD NEWS. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DECLARE PUBLICLY 22:16 WHAT I BELIEVE. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YES, JESUS 22:21 IS YOUR SAVIOUR. PUBLICLY. 22:21 I'VE BEEN SO SCARED TO DO THIS BUT THAT'S WHAT IT 22:26 IS. AND SO, I WALKED AWAY FROM IT ALL. >>BILL: AND 22:30 YOU TURNED YOUR LIFE AROUND. >>NAOMI: THAT 22:31 WAS IT. >>BILL: AND YOU COMMITTED YOURSELF. YOU 22:33 KNOW, OUR TIME'S UP. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE YOU 22:35 BACK.>>NAOMI: I'D LOVE TO. 22:36 >>BILL:...TO TELL THE REST OF THE STORY. >>NAOMI: 22:38 THANK YOU. >>BILL: BUT BEFORE YOU GO I'M GOING TO 22:39 HAVE YOU, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND 22:41 JUST SINGING ONE MORE SONG FOR US. >>NAOMI: YES. YES. 22:58 HE SAID TODAY WAS HARD, 23:01 HE CLEARED HIS DESK, HIS CARDS, 23:04 HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT. 23:10 HE TOOK THE LONG WAY HOME, 23:13 THOUGHT OF WHAT HE HAD DONE WRONG, 23:16 DIDN'T WANT TO TELL HIS WIFE, HIS KIDS. 23:22 THE WALLS CLOSING IN BUT THERE'S A WAY OUT. 23:28 HE LOOKED TOWARD THE SKY AND HE CRIED OUT, 23:33 I'M GIVING IT TO GOD 'CAUSE I CAN'T CARRY IT. 23:39 I CAN'T BREAK THE WIND STORM WHEN I'M 23:39 BREAKING IN TWO. 23:45 I'M GIVING IT TO GOD 'CAUSE I CAN'T HANDLE IT. 23:51 I AM WEAK WHEN HE IS STRONG AND I KNOW HE'LL 23:52 SHOW ME WHERE I BELONG. 24:12 SHE SAT BESIDE HIS BED, 24:15 HOSPITAL FLASHED IN RED, 24:19 HIS HANDS WERE SMALL AND TINY. 24:25 IF SHE COULD SAVE HIS PLACE, 24:28 MEMORIES THAT SHE ERASED, 24:31 IF SHE COULD ONLY CHANGE THE FUTURE. 24:37 THE ROOM WAS CAVING IN AND SHE COULDN'T SEE STRAIGHT. 24:43 SHE LOOKED TOWARD THE SKY AND SHE CRIED OUT, 24:47 I'M GIVING IT TO GOD 'CAUSE I CAN'T CARRY IT. 24:53 I CAN'T BREAK THE WIND STORM WHEN I'M 24:54 BREAKING IN TWO. 25:00 I'M GIVING IT TO GOD 'CAUSE I CAN'T HANDLE IT. 25:06 I AM WEAK WHEN HE IS STRONG AND I KNOW HE'LL 25:07 SHOW ME WHERE I BELONG. 25:18 ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS CRY OUT. 25:21 ONLY GOD KNOWS THE WAY OUT. 25:28 I KNOW THAT IT HURTS BUT IF YOU LOOK TO THE SKY 25:34 AND GIVE IT ALL TO GOD 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T CARRY IT 25:41 AND HE CAN BREAK THE WINDSTORM WHEN YOU'RE 25:41 BREAKING IN TWO. 25:47 I'M GIVING IT TO GOD 'CAUSE I CAN'T HANDLE IT. 25:53 I AM WEAK WHEN HE IS STRONG AND I 25:54 KNOW HE'LL SHOW ME. 26:00 I'M GIVING IT TO GOD 'CAUSE I CAN'T CARRY IT. 26:06 HE CAN BREAK THE WINDSTORM WHEN I'M BREAKING IN TWO. 26:12 I'M GIVING IT GOD 'CAUSE I CAN'T HANDLE IT. 26:19 I AM WEAK WHEN HE IS STRONG AND I KNOW HE'LL 26:20 SHOW ME WHERE I BELONG. 26:31 WHERE I BELONG. 26:32 WHERE I BELONG. 26:48 >>BILL: IF YOU ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM WITH 26:49 NAOMI'S TESTIMONY AND LIKE TO SEE IT AGAIN OR MAYBE 26:51 EVEN SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND, WHY NOT ORDER A 26:54 FREE DVD COPY OF THIS INTERVIEW. 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