There's no such thing as a perfect mom, but author Susan Merrill says it's never too late to begin parenting the way you want."In January 2010, for some reason—probably because I love the characters and stories in the Old Testament—I decided to study Nehemiah for the year. As the director of iMOM, I look for the mom angle in everything I do, so with my “mom” glasses on, I began to ponder his story.
I didn’t have to look far to be able to relate. Within the first four verses Nehemiah is weeping passionately because he has heard that God’s children are in danger. I could totally relate to Nehemiah. He was passionate for his people the way a mom is passionate about her children. His people were in a great danger, exposed to the world without protection, just like so many of the children I see today.
And then it dawned on me that Nehemiah’s concern for the wall was not related to physical safety alone. Nehemiah saw something else in the terrible devastation of the wall that I had missed.
There was more to Nehemiah’s grief over the wall. There was more to his grief than the people’s physical safety. Nehemiah was grieving over their spiritual safety, too."
Susan Merrill
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