Sometimes I cringe when people tell me I am a good mother. It’s not that I think I’m a bad mom; but I know I could have done better—and I humbly acknowledge that all the credit for any good that...

“And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty” (2 Corinthians 6:18). Prior to this promise recounted here fro...