Show Notes
In this tender episode, Stasi invites us into the sacred terrain of our relationship with our mothers—where nurture, protection, and self-worth are first formed, and sometimes wounded. With compassion and truth, Stasi encourages us to let Jesus enter our stories as sons and daughters, healing what was missed and restoring what was lost. Come and discover the hope of knowing the mothering heart of God.
….. SHOW NOTES: ….. VERSES: Exodus 20:12 (NIV) – Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Genesis 1:27 (NIV) – So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
Psalm 131:2 (NIV) – But I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content.
Psalm 139:16 (NIV) – Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
….. RESOURCES For more on the Mother Wound: Becoming Myself: Embracing God's Dream of You by Stasi Eldredge https://amzn.to/4gYrsZy
Becoming Myself Video Series – Session 3 – https://wahe.art/4kd3qNM
The Mother Wound (for Men) – Wild at Heart ADVANCED Video https://wahe.art/3NUnPLb
The Mother Wound (for Women) – Captivating ADVANCED Video https://wahe.art/49WAHYE
The Mother Wound (for Women) – Captivating Retreat AUDIO https://wahe.art/4qIog9Z
Stasi Referenced – The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Dan Allender https://amzn.to/4rhlf06
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