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The Unfolding

Page 13: Elisha Kearns

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9868 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

One of Elisha Kearns greatest desires was to have a baby. Doctors told her she had a 3% chance of conceiving because of PCOS. The journey of infertility brought her to a place of desperation and leaning on God in a way she never had before. How do you wait for what God promised when your arms are empty?

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Page 13 of the unfolding is the story of Alicia Kearns. I know exactly where I was when that

0:05.4

phone call came in. And I remember her saying, Alicia, I'm really sorry, but your numbers have dropped.

0:10.9

You're going to miscarry. I never doubted for a second that any bad news would ever come after that.

0:16.8

God's story has been unfolding. Since the beginning of time.

0:22.6

He invites you to be a part of it.

0:29.6

Another page in the unfolding. Hi, I'm Meredith Foster.

0:43.3

For Alicia Kearns, things that always seemed to work out in life.

0:46.5

She'd never really faced an impossible situation, certainly nothing that would require great faith.

0:52.1

But then Alicia learned there was almost zero chance she could have a

0:56.0

baby. And that was one of her greatest desires. Now, she needed to hear from God in a way she never

1:01.8

had before. Here's Alicia. Tell me a little bit about what you were like, spiritually speaking,

1:08.4

before all this took place. If you were to ask me then, I would say I was spiritually fine,

1:13.9

but looking to how I am now to where I was dry, totally dry,

1:18.4

and dependent on myself, because I never really needed to be dependent on anyone or anything.

1:24.3

And if I did pray, it was like a 911 call.

1:29.0

You know what I mean? Like something's happening. God, I need you to do this for me. You know, it was never, I never asked for wisdom.

1:35.3

I never asked for direction because I never really needed wisdom or direction. It was just different.

1:41.4

It was different. Well, my husband and I, we got married after I graduated

1:45.6

college and then we were waiting on him to graduate college. And so we were just still kind of just

1:50.1

going through life. Were you thinking about having kids at that point? No, not at that point. Because he

1:55.0

was still in school. We lived in an apartment that was 475 square feet. And I remember it because we paid $475 a month. It was a dollar per square

2:03.8

feet. It wasn't something that was really on my mind, you know, but it was just one of those things

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