Take Our Kids Far from Home? How God Led and Loved Us

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. (Matthew 10:37)Jesus’s words lifted off the page of my Bible during one early morning many years ago. The statement arrested my attention and pierced me with conviction. Although these words were not unfamiliar to me, their application never seemed all that pertinent — until then. For I read them at a time when my wife and I were wrestling with what would turn out