140. The Story of a Caretaker (with Jess Ronne)

God Hears Her Podcast

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Society & Culture, Bible, Womensministry, Womensbiblestudy, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Women, Female

4.9 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Guest Bio: Jess Ronne is an author, speaker, podcast host at Coffee with Caregivers, associate producer of the Unseen documentary, and caregiver advocate. She is the founder and executive director of The Lucas Project, a non-profit dedicated to providing recognition, resources, and respite support for special needs families. She and her husband Ryan live in Michigan with their eight children, including their son Lucas who has profound disabilities. Her story of beauty from ashes has been shared on The Today Show, Daily Mail, and Huffington Post and is detailed in her memoir Sunlight Burning at Midnight.

Show Summary: Jesus tells us that we will have struggles in our lives. What do we do while we’re facing those struggles? Jess Ronne is an example of someone who faces trouble with grit and determination. She did not give up in the face of many challenges and because of it she now has a non-profit that helps caregivers like her. During this conversation on God Hears Her, join Jess as she shares her story with hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Adkins.

Notes and Quotes:

“God and I have gone through a lot of wrestling together with anger.” –Jess Ronne
“I’m a doer, and when I see a problem I say, ‘How are we going to fix this?’” –Jess Ronne
“It’s an honor to do this work, but we all need breaks.” –Jess Ronne
“I don’t want to be his forever caregiver, I want to be his mom.” –Jess Ronne
“The child is only as healthy as the caregiver.” –Jess Ronne
“I don’t think grief ever really ends, it just looks different.” –Jess Ronne
“We weren’t necessarily made for this world, we were made for something better.” –Jess Ronne

Verses:

Job 33:12

Links:

The Lucas Project: https://thelucasproject.org/about/
Jess’s Website: www.jessplusthemess.com
God Hears Her website: https://www.godhearsher.org/
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Elisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisamorganauthor/
Eryn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eryneddy/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	So we had to pivot a little bit, but in that process, we came up with our mission statement,
0:05.7	which was to provide recognition, resources, and respite for special needs families.
0:14.6	You're listening to God Hears Her, a podcast for women, where we explore the stunning
0:19.4	truth that God hears you, he sees you,
0:22.1	and he loves you because you are his. Find out how these realities free you today on God
0:27.5	Hears Her. Welcome to God Hears Her. I'm Alyssa Morgan. And I'm Erin Atkins. How do you
0:35.2	handle struggles in your life? Unfortunately, we can't avoid bad news
0:39.5	or have great days every day. Jesus even told us that in our lives, we would have troubles.
0:47.4	Today's guest has faced a world of struggles, and it was all at the same time.
0:53.4	Jess Ronnie is a strong woman who's handled
0:55.9	life's toughest situations with grit and determination. Join us today as we ask about Jess's story
1:02.6	during this conversation on God hears her. My story really began in 2004 when I went to what I thought was a routine ultrasound appointment from my second child and was told at that appointment that the baby had experienced a stroke in utero and there was no hope.
1:20.5	Oh my gosh, how far long were you?
1:22.8	20 weeks. 20 weeks. Wow. It was suggested that we terminate that pregnancy and in the doctor's words, you're young and healthy, you won't have any problems getting pregnant. My husband and I did not feel a piece about termination and just decided to put the baby in the Lord's hands and trust that his will would be done. I carried that baby almost a term for the loneliest months as a mother like expecting every day for this baby to
1:47.0	die because that's what all the specialists said but yet feeling the kicks feeling the life and just
1:53.6	holding my breath constantly when is this going to be overlord and it wasn't ever over over they finally
2:00.2	scheduled a C-section on August 12, 2004 and cut me from
2:05.2	one side of my belly to the other because his head was the size of a two-year-olds at birth. It was so
2:11.4	full of fluid. How far long were you? How many weeks then? 38. He just would not let go. And this is kind of the
2:19.1	story of his life. He will not let go, Lucas. Lucas. And he came out screaming with life. And that
2:27.8	was the day really my advocacy work began, although I didn't really know it at the time, and the day I
2:33.7	became a forever
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