Apr 30, 2023 | God's Adoption of His Children
One of the mysteries I do not understand is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Clearly, this miracle demonstrated Jesus Christ’s power over death. However, I cannot grasp how that happened to a dead man. Meditating on the fact I was adopted by the Heavenly Father as...
Mar 31, 2023 | God's Adoption of His Children
Adoption (huiothesia, υἱοθεσία) is an important Pauline metaphor describing our connection with God the Father (as well as with the Son and the Holy Spirit) (Ephesians 1:5; Romans 8:23). Adoption shows the honor which has been bestowed by the Heavenly Father on those...
Feb 28, 2023 | Challenges In Adoption, God's Adoption of His Children, Parenting
I look outside. The sun is shining off the snow blanket that covers the ground. Not being a big fan of winter or cold weather, the picture does not seem idyllic to me. However, I realize that snow does do one thing well—it hides what lies beneath it. This is a...
Jan 31, 2023 | God's Adoption of His Children, Parenting
Adoption is a fictive way of creating family. We may want children as a hedge against our insecurity of our legacy and the later years of our life. But we also want children in our own image, partly because we think that we will understand them better as being...
Dec 31, 2022 | God's Adoption of His Children
Ephesians 1:5 says that the Father has chosen to adopt us. This is a great promise and encouragement. We are able to rejoice in the knowledge that we are truly His children. In adopting us, He bestows His honor upon us. In the Roman world, honor was a prized virtue....
Oct 31, 2022 | Children's Adaptation, Parenting
“No!” both of our sons said emphatically, when we asked if they had taken the car keys and tried to move the car. We had settled down for Sunday afternoon nap, only to wake up and find that the car had been rammed into the neighbor’s fence and knocked down their gate....
Sep 30, 2022 | Challenges In Adoption, Children's Adaptation
I stood by a father who had lost his eight-year-old daughter to multiple burns, and we cried together. We also wept at the miscarriage of our grandchild. Perhaps the most difficult experience of any parent is the loss of a child. We all experience multiple losses in...
Aug 31, 2022 | Challenges In Adoption, Children's Adaptation
As I have traveled to different cultures, I have learned that people have different concepts of time. In the United States, time is very “by-the clock,” and we anticipate activities will have a a...
Jul 31, 2022 | Challenges In Adoption, Children's Adaptation, Parenting
We studied adoption prior to receiving our sons, and thought we were prepared for whatever was going to happen next. Nothing could have been further from the truth. Just when we thought we had figured them out, we discovered one more thing about their past that made...
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