Oct 22, 2025 | Weekly Devotional
“Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”Matthew 6:10 Does God know better than we do what is best for each of us? Sometimes I amaze myself when I hear myself praying, as if God needs my advice. I try so hard to explain to Him what...
Oct 15, 2025 | Weekly Devotional
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness…”Matthew 6:33 One of the heart-wrenching discoveries we made as our new children began spending the night with us were the food remnants we found on the floor and the large pieces of bread and...
Oct 8, 2025 | Weekly Devotional
“Do not be anxious about anything….”“…Each day has enough trouble of its own.”Philippians 4:6 and Matthew 6:34 When our adopted children arrived from Ukraine in 2002, they had a long, hard adjustment to the US economy, coming from a place where wages are...
Oct 1, 2025 | Weekly Devotional
God has used my adopted children to teach me even as I have been trying to teach them. One of the most powerful lessons God gave me was something that occurred before we arrived in Ukraine. When Stephen, my precious son, learned that there was an American family that...
Sep 24, 2025 | Weekly Devotional
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.” Matthew 6:33 In earlier devotionals, we’ve talked about having a new dad. We’ve talked about having new brothers and sisters. We’ve talked about having a new...
Sep 17, 2025 | Weekly Devotional
Our son Clayton was in law school when our children, Stephen, Elizabeth and Peter, arrived from Ukraine. While in law school, he had been coaching a soccer team of middle-schoolers in Lexington, Virginia. When he saw Stephen’s skills in soccer, Clayton arranged for...
