On this Mother’s Day of 2025 thinking of dozens of Moms crying and carrying heavy hearts over the loss of their children to criminal illegal aliens

On this Mother’s Day of 2025, I have become personally aware of dozens of Moms crying and carrying heavy hearts over the loss of their children, the damage and emotional scaring perpetrated upon those they nurtured, lovingly cared for in indescribable means and ways. Yes, there are moms today whose child has died in various tragedies. My words may not initially comfort or minister to them, but I pray I might bring some measure of peace. I am remembering today Moms whose children decided to seek their own path upon reaching the age of consent, choosing to not look back nor even give a measure of recognition to the person who brought them into this life, cared and nurtured them in numerous ways, arose multiple times in the middle of the night to check on them while they were sick, comforted them when they received an “F” on a test or were dropped into a lower reading group and were going to quit school; after all, it was 4th grade and I went from the Cardinals to the Bluejays having missed two weeks of classes due to pneumonia.

The past several weeks, I have conferred with moms whose child or children have been forcibly removed from their home and sent to “reeducation camps” secretively with no forewarning and detained in these out-of-state camps not able to phone, write, or use a computer, and not told where they are. Upon return to Arizona, the child is sent to live with the previously determined “non-custodial” parent; even if reports of that parent abusing alcohol, drugs, strip bars, being verbally abusive or otherwise have been an issue. There have been several “minor children” ages 16 who ran away from a reeducation camp and went “invisible” so they did not have to return and be forced to continue the horrendous system of so-called counseling and reunification to the non-custodial parent with whom they were being forced to reside. And the mom was left with her child absolutely turned psychologically and emotionally upside down. Tomorrow, Monday, May 12th, beginning at 9am and for seven hours, a joint Arizona Legislative Hearing will be held to review horrific evidence and documents further describing what I just mentioned. I will distribute recordings of the hearings in the coming days.

So, what message have I already given these moms, and what about today? What may I share on this Mother’s Day that is not preachy or naive; it is not some “feel good” message suggesting moms need to simply get over it? I felt led to share a passage from Jeremiah 31 v 15-17. Allow me to share but not with changing the meaning in any way.

The Lord speaks to Moms who have suffered somewhat as I described above. He wants moms to know that He has seen and knows of their bitter weeping. It is understandable that their weeping may be strong and heartfelt and cannot be comforted, for the child is gone. But the Lord also wants these Moms to know that He has definitely seen them, and has heard your quiet prayers, and you will see them again; they will come back to you – even from a distant land to which they may have traveled, be it physically or emotionally. There is hope for your future so turn your tears unto Me and allow Me to comfort you, not the things of this world.

Allow me to leave with this passage also from Jeremiah 29 v 11-13; “For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. You will find Me when you seek Me, if you look for Me in earnest.”

Moms are a special gift from the Lord. Their perseverance, patience, long-suffering, love, support are gifts we hardly celebrate until one day we truly miss them, and the giver of them — Mom.

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