Source: Haggai International, February 20, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throughout my life, my mother\u2019s harsh criticism and lack of affection, coupled with my severe stutter, led to four suicide attempts. I thought my mother hated me. Only after I was born again at the age of 18 did I understand God\u2019s purpose in my stutter: to inspire others who stutter, raise awareness, and show God\u2019s goodness through my testimony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet, as I neared my fiftieth birthday while caring for my mother, who had been fighting cancer for seven years and was now bedridden, I found the bravery to inquire why she had never shown pride in me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have always been proud of you,\u201d she replied, \u201cYou have accomplished so much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her words healed my heart, answering a longstanding question, even though I had forgiven her long ago. God revealed his love and goodness to me in a profound way that I had never felt before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more about the author and the International Stuttering Association<\/a>. She is doing SO much!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Haggai International, February 20, 2025 Throughout my life, my mother\u2019s harsh criticism and lack of affection, coupled with my severe stutter, led to four suicide attempts. I thought my mother hated me. Only after I was born again at the age of 18 did I understand God\u2019s purpose in my stutter: to inspire others … Continue reading Paraguay: God Redeems a Disability and Demonstrates His Love<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13674,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13673\/revisions\/13674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}