I recently stayed with a lovely family who had lost a young child. She had died as a result of burns to her body from yanking a pot of boiling water off the stove, splashing it onto herself. The family was rightfully grieving her death and wondering what, if anything,...
I look outside and I see snow covering everything. It covers the yard, the sidewalks, the driveway, and the street. It is our reminder that winter has come. Snow had been described as both pure and beautiful, but I sometimes wish there wasn’t so much of it. Thing is,...
This time of year, leaves flutter everywhere. You rake and rake and rake. It is hard to believe that it wasn’t that long ago that you rejoiced to see the new growth on the trees ushering in spring. Now, sadly, the leaves have fallen. These leaves represent, in so many...
“Promises, promises!” We have all heard this retort when we make a promise to someone after we have failed to carry out what we have previously promised. Why are promises so important? First, promises are a form of commitment. We are asking the other person to believe...
It was the perfect weekend. Like the calm on a lake on a summer day, we had experienced renewed energy from our fun time together. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, a storm brewed where our adopted children decided to defy us. We felt the frustration from having had our...
The first time we laid our eyes on our new sons-to-be, we fell in love with them. We knew that the Lord wanted us to be a family. All the months of effort up to this point had been worth it. However, it came with a cost. From the first time we met with our social...
“Pray for [our adopted daughter]. She and I have had some difficult conversations lately that were very disheartening. … So far away spiritually.” So read a text from one of our friends recently. The disconnect between the bond of adoption and the adopted adult’s...
Of the many games we played with our sons after they were adopted, their favorite was “hide and seek.” They had their preferred places in hide inside our house, including in the bathtub (behind the shower curtain) and in an empty box in our spare bedroom. When we...
Marcellus George and his loving wife are the adoptive parents of (now adult) twin sons. He is the author of numerous articles and devotions, has a Ph.D. in theology... Read More