Dear Peggy,

The wounds from family and friends penetrate far more deeply than wounds from a stranger in the general populace.

There isn't a Christian in the world -- we believe -- that hasn't suffered from family and friends.

Our Lord tells us in the Gospel that "a man's worst enemies are those of his own household".
Matthew 10:26 and Micah 7: 5, 6 ( Matthew 10:36 )

Jesus Himself was "cut off " from Mary and his half-brothers and half-sisters who thought He was mad, especially when hearing Him speak as a Messiah. Luke 8: 19 --21 ....  Mark 3: 31-33 .... Matthew 12: 46 --50
and John 7: 5 - 8.
But Jesus did not give place to that wound. Instead , He said that those who do the will of the Father are His true brothers and sisters... His true family.

Of course, His mother finally did come to place her trust in Jesus, as the Holy Spirit enlightened her. And she awaits the Rapture just as much as we all do.

Perhaps your mother will come full circle and realize that she is being deceived. Perhaps not.
Either way, God has promised to be a Mother and a Father to us. Isaiah 66: 13

Psalm 27: 10  " When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me UP."

Yes, it hurts. It hurts deeply. And all the goody-sayings in the world really don't help. But we are all being tested
at full measure in these Last days and we need to overcome. We need to make God ALL that we need.
Easy to say... hard to do.

Please know that all of us here at the Doves are your true family, caring very much for your concerns and well-being.
There are many of your brothers and sisters here that are praying for you and caring. We have "been there; done that" in various ways with our own families.

Go in peace and may His love surround you.

We are keeping this in our prayers that your Mother sees the truth,
Jim and Angela Goodrick