{"id":2450,"date":"2013-02-05T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hungryformore.org\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2013-02-05T06:00:50","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T12:00:50","slug":"brokenness-his-pathway-to-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hungryformore.org\/brokenness-his-pathway-to-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"Brokenness: His Pathway to Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cGod\u2019s sustaining strength showing up in extreme weakness<\/strong>\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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That\u2019s kinda been our theme over the last<\/a> couple of weeks, huh?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Today, another faith walker shares her story.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Teesa Klear<\/span> is well acquainted with words like febrile seizures, Brugada syndrome and internal defibrillators. But she has allowed all all of these things to lead her straight into the Father<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After reading Tessa’s post today, you are gonna want to know more. Check out Teesa’s own blog<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Our beautiful son was born to us in Hong Kong.\u00a0 Sam was never sick, and in the first 10 months of his life, our worst difficulties were what to feed him and how to get him on a sleeping routine, especially after we returned to the states.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“One morning though, during a high fever, Sam had a seizure. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“As I screamed<\/strong> over his body, watching his tiny lips turn dark blue, my husband called 911. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Panicked, I begged my son not to die.<\/strong><\/span> EMT workers peeled his tiny body from me to revive him.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Later that night, once all three of us had returned home, Sam seized again.\u00a0 EMT workers once again surrounded his body.\u00a0 He vomited, and I watched helplessly as his little lips returned to that horrible shade of blue. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“I had no control over the situation.\u00a0 No amount of begging my son stopped what God was allowing<\/strong>.<\/span>\u00a0 I did not know that this particular trial would prove to be one of the longest trials of my life. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“And yet, the Lord was working, as always, to allow Christ to be magnified<\/span> through me, my husband and, yes, even our son.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Days later, we still had only a sketchy diagnosis. \u201cHeart related<\/em>\u201d, they said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Over and over again, I prayed to the Lord: \u201cGod, please don\u2019t let him die \u2013 take me.\u00a0 He\u2019s my only son.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“With words that could never have come from me, God spoke to my heart:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cYou\u2019ll know Me better through this.<\/em>\u201d He said. \u201cI too gave up my only Son<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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“I didn\u2019t want to<\/strong> give my son away, and I knew that if I did, I wouldn\u2019t be a whole person without him. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“But something amazing happened. I broke that night.<\/span>\u00a0 My spirit, my heart \u2013 you name it.\u00a0 I was humbled to know that the Lord would choose me for this journey. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cSam is yours; take him if You choose<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“And somehow, those spots in my spirit…the brokenness that ripped my heart from my chest…they were reshaped<\/span> and held together by the Hands that created<\/strong> my heart to begin with. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Not made weaker where He touched it, but made whole<\/span> and stronger<\/span>. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“His power was perfected in my weakness<\/strong> that night and has continued every day since.\u00a0 My weaknesses have also continued. I have to admit that\u2019s also included more begging and pleading, but I know that the Lord is completing His power in me – a weak creature who wholly depends on Him for everything.<\/strong> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“He is my Creator, my Savior, my Helper and I long for nothing but Him, despite getting off-track many days.\u00a0 I may not be \u201cprepared\u201d for tomorrow, but He is.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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“With His guidance and strength, Christ will be<\/span> magnified in my life.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Teesa\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Klear Family with Teesa, holding Sam.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wanna read more on weakness? Here are a few favorite posts:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Perfect Weakness<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Refining: Will I Make it Through?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Why of Weakness<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Point of Pain<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u201cGod\u2019s sustaining strength showing up in extreme weakness\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 That\u2019s kinda been our theme over the last couple of weeks, huh?\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Today, another faith walker shares her story.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Teesa Klear is well acquainted with words like febrile seizures, Brugada syndrome and internal defibrillators. But she has allowed all all of these things to lead … <\/p>\n

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