Topics:<\/b> Alcoholism; God\u2019s Strength; Ministry; Mothers; Service; Weakness<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> 2 Corinthians 3:4\u20136; 12:9<\/p>\n
My parents divorced when I was five. My older sister, younger brother, and I were raised by my alcoholic mother.<\/p>\n
While my mother meant well\u2014truly she did\u2014most of my memories are of my mothering her rather than her mothering me. Alcohol altered her love, turning it into something that wasn\u2019t love. I remember her weaving down the hall of our ranch home in Houston, Texas, glass of scotch in hand. She would wake me at 2:00 a.m. just to make sure I was asleep. I would wake her up at 7:00 a.m. to try to get her off to work.<\/p>\n
Sure, there were good times, like Christmas and birthdays when she went all out and celebrated us as children. But even those days ended in the warped glow of alcohol. What she did right was lost in what she did wrong.<\/p>\n
When I was asked to consider leading MOPS International, a vital ministry that nurtures mothers, I went straight to my knees, then to the therapist\u2019s office. How could God use me\u2014who had never been mothered\u2014to nurture other mothers?<\/p>\n
The answer came as I looked into the eyes of other moms around me and saw their needs mirroring my own. God would take my deficits and make them my offering. He would answer his promise \u201cMy grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness\u201d (2 Corinthians 12:9).<\/p>\n
\u2014Elisa Morgan, \u201cThe Upside of an Upside-Down Life,\u201d Christian Parenting Today<\/i> (May\u2013June 1999)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Alcoholism; God\u2019s Strength; Ministry; Mothers; Service; Weakness References: 2 Corinthians 3:4\u20136; 12:9 My parents divorced when I was five. My older sister, younger brother, and I were raised by my alcoholic mother. While my mother meant well\u2014truly she did\u2014most of my memories are of my mothering her rather than her mothering me. Alcohol altered … Continue reading “MOTHERING
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