Finding God's Love When You Feel Broken (Part 1 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 11 September 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
40 years ago, Dr. John Trent discovered the power of “the Blessing” — the powerful affirmation and unconditional love that parents give to their children. He and his grown daughter, Kari, explore the challenges of missing or losing your blessing, and how God can redeem that blessing in our lives.
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| 0:30.7 | And so I fall down on my knees and she falls into my arms and you know how when your kids are little they go, |
| 0:37.1 | you know, they just do that cry thing with their whole body cries, you know how when your kids are little they go yeah you know they just |
| 0:38.0 | do that cry thing with their whole body cries you know and so she finally calms down and I go what's |
| 0:42.8 | going on she goes well I just realized grandpa's gone and I never got to hug him oh yeah now I hadn't |
| 0:49.5 | talked about attachment theory with her she's five you know I hadn't talked to her about. But man, these |
| 0:55.5 | elements of the blessing, when they're not there, the body keeps score. That's Dr. John Trent, |
| 1:02.8 | describing how the absence of a blessing in your childhood can create a lot of challenges |
| 1:08.5 | later on in life. Today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly |
| 1:12.1 | will be exploring what blessings are and why they're so vital. And thanks for joining us. I'm |
| 1:17.3 | John Fuller. John, I think so many people are broken. Some know it, some don't. And it's part of life |
| 1:22.8 | to begin to think about those things. Where have I fallen short? Where have people disappointed me? |
| 1:29.5 | How much of this shapes the way I look at the world, the way I treat my spouse, the way I treat |
| 1:34.3 | my kids. I mean, there's so many good things. And I think there's a lot of blind spots. |
| 1:39.4 | I consider myself pretty healthy. But man, I have been working with Gene and she's been very good about |
| 1:47.2 | saying, well, you might want to look at it a little differently. Finding those blind spots. |
| 1:51.6 | Yeah, I'm in my 60s now finding those blind spots, but it's a good pursuit to stay on that. |
| 1:57.3 | And today we're going to talk with some great guests about how to know that |
| 2:03.2 | brokenness and then how to seek the healing necessary to be whole and then how to pass that on |
| 2:10.1 | to your children. Yeah, we're going to hear about the blessing and its application to each one of us. |
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