In church on Mother’s Day, you prayed against torment for those for whom the subject of motherhood was a source of torment. You mentioned a few scenarios: those who wished to be mothers but weren’t; mothers who had had children die, etc.

I felt that the Lord was also reaching out with healing for those of us who, like myself, are tormented by a painful relationship with our own mothers. Those whose mothers didn’t, or don’t, do all the things we always hear extolled on Mother’s Day and frequently at other times. Things like this are very painful for those of us with rejective mothers. After the service, another person told me she had sensed the same thing. God was really moving in that service, in more ways than we knew!