Mothers

Jesse Lee Peterson led BOND's monthly Men's Forum on Thursday, October 6. Jesse's mission is to rebuild men. A child feels lost and incomplete when he has a weak father and emotional mother. In many cases such a boy or girl may never recover. New guys showed up — very intelligent, looking for answers to their issues. They'd been to different churches and in bad relationships. They talked about their their fathers and mothers.

(Watch 8-minute excerpt) At church, Jesse talked about evil he saw in people, but he has compassion on those driven by it. One woman said she suffered sexual abuse as a child and does not forgive. She will not pray consistently. One young man was raped by his stepfather as a young boy, and his mother became cruel toward him. Jesse said she cannot help herself. The young man asked how to forgive her. He had an affair with his father’s wife, but his father forgave him.

Young, black single mother Korryn Gaines, of Baltimore, died in a 7-hour armed standoff with police. She taught her son lies and set a bad example.

I recently talked to several audiences in northern California on my “Rebuilding the Man Tour.” God was with us. (Thank you to Madera County Supervisor Rick Farinelli and his staff for making the events possible.) At a juvenile detention center, I spoke with boys who went through hell at home – most raised without fathers by drug-addicted mothers, all starved for their fathers’ love. Children need their parents – good parents – like adults need God. I spoke at Valley State Prison to about 150 inmates, a number serving life for murder.

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