Naghmeh Abedini, wife of pastor Saeed Abedini, one of five Americans imprisoned in Iran, says she’s been under attack from people who accuse her of not being a good mother for traveling so much, for lacking formal Bible education, and for the clothes she wears.
“The last three years have been very intense not only because of Saeed’s imprisonment, but also because of the attacks that have come—from not only radical Muslims, but at times from those closest to me. I have been told many things of which some have been that I am not a good mom for traveling so much … that how could I possibly share about Christ when I have not even been to a Bible School,” Abedini wrote in a Facebook message Sunday.
“I have been criticized from what I wear to what I say to the way I parent…. I use to break to pieces after each attack and criticism, but recently the Lord has been speaking to me through the life of Moses. That I should use the attacks to keep me humble,” she continued.
Abedini reflected on Chapter 12 in the Biblical book of Numbers, which speaks of Moses asking God to forgive those who cause such strife, and said that they have inspired her to have a “heart of compassion” instead of a “heart of bitterness.”