Praying When God Feels Silent - A Mother's Story of Trust: Leslie Hedge :: [Episode 367]

StoryTellers Live

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Watching your child struggle—whether with friendships, health, or their faith—is a journey no parent is ever prepared for. In today's episode, our storyteller reminds us what it looks like to keep praying, even when God feels silent.

Leslie Hedge, who shared her story with our community group in Fairhope, Alabama, watched her son struggle socially through his adolescent years. Her heart broke when he eventually walked away from his faith and declared himself an atheist. That heartbreak turned into fear and panic when an unexpected health crisis suddenly put his life at risk. Yet, as Leslie witnessed God working in miraculous, behind-the-scenes ways to save her son's life, her hope was renewed. She became confident that the same God who preserved his life would one day restore his heart. Listen in as Leslie shares the powerful ways God brought healing, redemption, and hope back into her son's story.

VERSE OF THE WEEK:

"Now to him who can do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us." Ephesians 3:20

CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK:

Is there an area of your life where you feel God is silent in your prayers? Be encouraged and find rest in knowing God sees you, hears you, knows you, and cares for you!

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0:00.0	I never would have imagined that God would have answered my prayer in the way that he did.
0:08.2	When I said, show yourself mighty, I had no idea where that the journey would lead.
0:13.9	But God had a purpose and a plan, even in the pain.
0:17.0	And so if any of you are struggling and you're praying for something that you feel like God has fallen silent on, I just want to encourage you, keep praying.
0:25.6	He hears, he sees, he knows, and he cares.
0:30.4	Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast, where everyday women are gathering in homes across the country to share stories of the hope found in Jesus.
0:38.5	I'm Katie Dyn.
0:39.7	I'm Robin Cowen.
0:40.9	And I'm Lindy Walker.
0:42.0	And we are your podcast host.
0:45.0	Happy Wednesday.
0:46.0	And we are so glad that you are back with us to hear another story of the hope found in Jesus.
0:50.9	We are so excited because we've had so many people join us on Patreon in the
0:56.1	room. We changed the benefits. Yes, yes. We wanted to bring more stories and Patreon in the room
1:02.0	allows you to have access to the stories basically as soon as they're recorded. Every single story
1:07.4	that's shared in every community. It's live, unedited, and you get to hear it first.
1:11.6	Yes. Right. Yes. And one thing we want you to remember is if you want to help other people find us, would you consider just rating and review?
1:19.4	Wherever you listen to your podcast, you can scroll down and there is a place for you to just do a little star rating probably and leave a review.
1:26.5	We love to read the reviews here and we love to hear from you. So do that for us today. Okay, Robin, tell us about our storyteller. All right, we're jumping in because y'all, you do not want to miss this. Put on your seatbelt. You do not want to miss this story. We have Leslie Hedge from our Fair Hope community. I was just telling the two of you before we started that I actually went back to
1:44.7	her and asked her more questions later and talked to her again because I just loved so much of what she had to
1:50.0	say. So y'all are going to hear Leslie talk about wrestling, her son wrestling with his faith, as well as a
1:55.8	medical event that happened in the middle of that. The whole thing just had me captivated. I mean,
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