Page 106: Esther Lee

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

For many parents, losing a child is one of their greatest fears. How do you believe God is good and trustworthy as you watch your child suffer? When a friend's daughter received a terminal diagnosis, Esther Lee told God there was no way she could handle something so heartbreaking. When her daughter Ava was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia, Esther's faith was devastated. It felt like God had abandoned her, and she struggled to trust Him. But in her suffering, she found God to be close, walking the journey with her to the point of trusting his goodness regardless of her circumstances. Esther is a wife, mom, teacher, and gifted writer. Her posts on the Team Brighter Days Facebook page during her Ava's illness gained thousands of followers.

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0:00.0	Page 106 of the unfolding is the story of Esther Lee.
0:05.1	That's where I did a lot of crying out to God.
0:07.9	I would put Ava to sleep and I would go into the bathroom and I would just lay on the floor
0:12.7	and just pour out my heart before God.
0:15.1	That's when I felt so near to the Lord, just like as if he was right there next to me on that
0:20.7	hospital floor.
0:21.6	God's story has been unfolding.
0:24.6	Since the beginning of time.
0:28.6	He invites you to be a part of it.
0:35.6	Another page in the unfolding.
0:38.0	Hey, this is Meredith Foster.
0:50.1	Maybe you've got a mental list like this.
0:52.5	God, here are the trials I can handle, and here are the hard things that I never could. Just protect me from those.
1:00.2	Esther Lee longed for a comfortable life, following Jesus, yes, but living on her terms. And her terms were that nothing terrible would happen to her family or her kids.
1:11.5	She was like many of us equating suffering with God leaving us.
1:16.4	So when her daughter, Ava, got very sick, it felt like God had abandoned her.
1:21.2	How do you face pain and suffering when you've lost your trust in God?
1:26.4	I came to faith very early on.
1:29.0	I actually don't even remember because my parents were giants of the faith.
1:32.7	They really love the Lord and they taught us how to love God.
1:36.9	And then I went to college and again just really went to a church that kind of continued to grow my faith and help me to seek out
1:46.4	opportunities to serve God and love God. And so that was sort of my whole story, just kind of
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