“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever.” (Is. 40:8)
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I still say her verse to every night as I put her to bed.
I still pause at the end of each sentence, waiting, hoping she’ll whisper the Word. Like she once did.
She no longer says the words, but I am certain now that she still knows. This Word is in her heart.
(She gives me pause. I can say all the right things, the holy talk I’ve known since I was young. But is it engraved in my heart? Do I know it, believe it in the deepest places?)
One day she’ll speak them again.
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As I’ve filled out oodles of paperwork for respite care, and completed phone interviews and home visits, a common question has been “Is there a history of seizures?”. Followed by “What exactly is Landau Kleffner syndrome?” I’ve given the textbook answer: a rare seizure disorder that affects the parts of the brain that control comprehension and speech; sleep often activates these epilepsy waves in children with LKS.
And each time I explain it I can picture an image of the brain, the highlighted areas – the Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas – the centers for understanding and language production. I envision the continuous electrical storm right there, in her head, how it deafens, interrupts, scatters, silences words.
Then I am amazed at God, amazed that this ever happened.
We only speak because He gives us voice.
Moses said to the LORD, “O Lord, I have never been eloquent… I am slow of speech and tongue.” The LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth?… Is it not I, the LORD? Now go; I will be with your mouth and will teach you what to say.” Exodus 4:10-12
Oh, how we have seen Him ‘with her mouth.’
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I posted the video clip below a year and a half ago, and I’ve linked to it several times.
You might have seen it, heard it.
Here I am posting it again just to remember that anything is possible.
“The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Rom. 10:8,9)
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Thanks for sharing that video, it gave me goosebumps. I love your perspective, that those words are still in our little one’s heads and are going to come out again someday. Rhema is just beautiful.
makes my heart full and gives my goosebumps every time. Love you guys. 🙂
Beautiful….just beautiful. Your words are such a gift. I just have tears. Cheairs
Oh our kiddos. Yes, the words are there. Just out of her grasp. But she will find them again. That, I know in my heart. As for LKS, yes, I find it humorous actually when doctors look me like, “Whaaaaaaaa”. Not that they should know everything! LOL.
I love that verse. It just about sums up everything about who we are and who He is. I continue to pray that Jesus will calm the storm in sweet Rhema. xo
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His Word is forever in Rhema’s heart! What a blessing this is to me today. I hope my Isabella, who is totally verbal, will have as much comprehension as Rhema does. I pray for it all the time. gail
I’ve just discovered your blog and I watched this video. It made me cry. My son has autism, will be four in a couple of months, and has never spoken a word. My verse over him every night is this one: 2 Tim. 1:7 For God has not given to us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love and of a sound mind. I usually abbreviate it to simply ‘power, love and a sound mind in Jesus name.’ He will not go to sleep until I have laid hands on him and spoken it over him. I thank you for this post.