“You Are Mine First” – Discovering Papa God in the Middle of Family Pain
Description
What do you do when you’ve done “everything right” as a parent… and your home is still full of chaos, pain, and meltdowns you don’t know how to stop?
In this deeply personal episode, Danny Deloach shares his story—from growing up in rural South Georgia with divorced parents and a verbally abusive stepfather, to encountering God as “Papa” who whispered, “You are My child first.” That revelation became the anchor for his identity, healing, and eventually, his parenting.
Danny then opens up about his and Becca’s journey raising three kids—two neurotypical and three neurodiverse—in a home where emotional dysregulation, mental health struggles, and volcanic outbursts made them feel like failures as parents. The “A + B + C = D” formula of parenting completely broke down.
Instead of giving you more rules, this conversation invites you into a different way of seeing:
- Your identity as a child of God before you’re ever a parent
- Why some parenting formulas don’t “work” when mental health and neurodiversity are in play
- The painful gift of letting go of control and trusting that God loves your kids more than you do
- How to walk through your children’s suffering without drowning in shame
If you’ve ever felt like you’re failing your kids, or if you’re watching them struggle and wondering where God is in all of it—this episode is for you.
🎧 Listen in for a tender, honest look at the Father heart of God in the messy middle of parenting, brokenness, and mental health.
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