We are all complex people, each with areas of strength and areas in which we are fragile or broken. In a fallen world, imperfections will attend our days until we move into eternity. And we must learn to make allowances for those broken areas while holding ourselves and others accountable for doing the best we can with what we have—and realizing that none of our flaws and broken places can change our inherent value as persons.
I had to learn that God never intended me to judge my children’s value by how well they fit the assembly line of cultural expectations or my own dreams of what I thought motherhood should be like.
Each of them was an individual, one-of-a-kind design. Each had a special purpose in the world. And each had a special set of gifts and challenges that affected the way they operated in the world.
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