Marcellus George

Dealing with Uncertainty in Your Adopted Child’s Heart, Part 2

May 31, 2019 | Challenges In Adoption

In the previous blog, I mentioned six causes of uncertainty in the mind of an adopted child (abuse by birth parents, uncertainty due to attachment disorder, uncertainty due to physical abnormalities, uncertainty due to being in a new culture, uncertainty due to lack...

Dealing with Uncertainty in Your Adopted Child’s Heart, Part 1

Apr 30, 2019 | Challenges In Adoption

Uncertainty is a fact of life. Children who are adopted deal with uncertainly because of the disruptive family life that caused them to lose their birth parents. This uncertainty is in addition to the usual questions that children ask because of their age. In order to...

A Father to the Fatherless, Part 2

Mar 31, 2019 | God's Adoption of His Children

God’s concern for the fatherless extends far deeper than we imagine. When we look at pictures of children who wait to be adopted, we fall in love with an image of what we think they will be like as part of our family. Once we have adopted them, we realize that they...

A Father to the Fatherless, Part 1

Feb 28, 2019 | God's Adoption of His Children

God’s concern for the fatherless extends further than we imagine. When we look at pictures of children who wait to be adopted, we fall in love with an image of what we think they will be like as part of our family. After we have adopted them, we discover that they...

God Will Not Leave Us as Orphans

Jan 31, 2019 | God's Adoption of His Children

I recently stumbled across a verse that I had read a number of times before, but it never made an impression on me. In John 14:18, Jesus says, “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” Here in the upper room, Jesus is reminding the apostles that, while...

Doubt in Adoption

Dec 31, 2018 | Parenting

Connected with the idea of giving up is the doubt that comes into our minds after we have adopted. Doubt can grip us if we are not careful. Why do we have doubts? First, doubt comes into our minds and then our hearts because our motivation to adopt was to love a child...

Giving Up

Nov 30, 2018 | Challenges In Adoption

A number of times in my life I gave up. I am not proud of any of them, but have to admit it happened. The most painful time was when I saw my military career end before I was ready. But, it had become unsalvagable because God had closed the door for me to continue in...

The Approach to Helping the Attachment Disordered Child

Oct 31, 2018 | Children's Adaptation

Our adopted children continue to challenge us in the area of wanting to know that they are loved. The wise parent will seek to meet that need as much and as often as possible. A key role in this approach is the recognition that I know I am loved because I love others....

The Struggle of Adoption

Sep 29, 2018 | Parenting

With all the time and energy that goes into finalizing adoption, parents might be tempted to think that the hard part is over. What we may fail to realize is that the struggle for our children is just beginning. Attitudes surface like unwanted weeds in our garden! Why...

Adoption and Intentionality, Part 3

Aug 31, 2018 | Parenting

Previously I looked at intentionality with regard to God. Another area to practice intentionality as adoptive parents is discussing adoption with our children. We can do this (1) as they ask about adoption, (2) by talking about their experience prior to adoption, and...

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