{"id":4887,"date":"2023-09-26T09:08:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T14:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/staging\/3703\/2023\/09\/26\/my-mom\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:16:27","slug":"my-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/26\/my-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"My Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every time I come to this verse I think about my Mom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On one of the rare times we talked about faith, it was just the two of us and she shared about driving home from the funeral of her brother Ken in Montreal. She said this verse got her through some tough time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI look up to the mountains\u2014 does my help come from there? (No!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u202d\u202dPsalms\u202c \u202d121\u202c:\u202d1\u202c-\u202d2\u202c \u202dNLT\u202c\u202c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image_60d098bd-a82c-4c16-bd37-4dc5d1db7b78-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image_60d098bd-a82c-4c16-bd37-4dc5d1db7b78-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image_60d098bd-a82c-4c16-bd37-4dc5d1db7b78-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image_60d098bd-a82c-4c16-bd37-4dc5d1db7b78-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image_60d098bd-a82c-4c16-bd37-4dc5d1db7b78-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image_60d098bd-a82c-4c16-bd37-4dc5d1db7b78-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image_60d098bd-a82c-4c16-bd37-4dc5d1db7b78-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image_60d098bd-a82c-4c16-bd37-4dc5d1db7b78-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image_60d098bd-a82c-4c16-bd37-4dc5d1db7b78-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image_60d098bd-a82c-4c16-bd37-4dc5d1db7b78.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every time I come to this verse I think about my Mom. On one of the rare times we talked about faith, it was just the two of us and she shared about driving home from the funeral of her brother Ken in Montreal. 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