Rock Church Pastor Miles McPherson Highlights 7 Moms in His Life on Mother's Day

By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter FacebookTwitter
The Rock Church San Diego lead pastor, Miles McPherson (L) with seven of the moms in his life on Mother's Day May 8, 2016. The mothers in his life are, seated on the couch (from L-R) are: McPherson's mother, Margaret 'Gigi' McPherson; his wife Debbie, his sister Margaret and his niece Leah. Seat behind the couch (from L-R) are: his daughter-in-laws mother, Karen Shine; his daughter in law Sammie McPherson and his niece, Mallory McPherson.
The Rock Church San Diego lead pastor, Miles McPherson (L) with seven of the moms in his life on Mother's Day May 8, 2016. The mothers in his life are, seated on the couch (from L-R) are: McPherson's mother, Margaret "Gigi" McPherson; his wife Debbie, his sister Margaret and his niece Leah. Seat behind the couch (from L-R) are: his daughter-in-laws mother, Karen Shine; his daughter in law Sammie McPherson and his niece, Mallory McPherson. | (Photo: The Rock Church)

"Both of the relationships that I mentioned caused me great loss. I lost friends, I lost my house, I lost my car, I lost my savings, and I lost my dog," she said. "And I had the best St. Bernard and here I was 50 years of age, single, devastated, and bankrupt. But there's two things I never lost. I never lost God and I never lost my daughter."

McPherson's unmarried niece, Mallory McPherson, who said she was expecting a daughter in two weeks, talked about her hopes to teach her child about God.

"So I'm just gonna talk about my lifestyle change since I became pregnant. I was definitely living a life that I didn't think glorified God," she said.

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"What kills me is that I knew that and I turned away from God's voice and I turned away from family's intervention, and I turned away from my own self because I knew I was doing wrong. And I just remember when I found out I was pregnant I was like, 'dang.' Well, I was completely exposed so I felt like Adam and Eve in the garden where there was nowhere to go," the expectant mother revealed.

"I knew that before I could celebrate this new step in my life, I had to be held accountable for how I got here. So I just remember thinking, how is God gonna love me after I just disobeyed and disobeyed, and I knew that He was calling me. It was just such a slap in the face. I was literally pacing around my room talking to God like, 'what are we gonna do? What are we gonna do?'"

"I was most nervous to tell my uncle Miles, but we went in the back and I said 'Hey, I need to talk to you. I'm pregnant.' He said, 'OK, let's pray.' And I was like 'wow.' That I just felt so much grace from God and I just knew that he wasn't gonna abandon me," she said.

"I just took it from there and God definitely took my shame and turned it into a testimony which I never thought He would do. It wasn't ideal, but I am really excited to get this girl out in two weeks and introduce her to her heavenly father because He has saved me in more ways than I can describe."

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