Bible Reading: Joshua 1:9 Nate sighed as he pulled clothes out of his closet and put them in a box. He didn’t like change. He didn’t even like to change the color of his socks. He liked to do everything the same every day. But things weren’t going to be the same anymore. He and…
Bible Reading: Psalm 37:1-6 “Oh no.” Imogen’s shoulders slumped as she and Mom walked around the apartment. “Is this really where we’re going to live? It’s tiny compared to our old house.” “I know.” Mom’s eyes glistened with tears. “But we can’t afford to live in a house like our old one without Dad, and…
Bible Reading: Hebrews 13:5-8 Trisha’s stomach clenched nervously, and her eyes filled with tears. “Goodbye, Summerville,” she whispered. “I’ll miss you.” Trisha’s dad had recently gotten a job in another state, and her family was moving. “Alright, kiddos, time to get in the van,” Dad called. “We have a long ride ahead of us.” Trisha’s…
Bible Reading: Philippians 2:12–18 It was moving day. Alaina sat sullenly in the back seat as her mom followed the moving truck Dad was driving. She let out a heavy sigh and started complaining . . . again. “I don’t want to move. I don’t want to leave my friends, and I don’t want to…
Bible Reading: Matthew 6:28–32 Emma bent down and smelled a rose in her yard. “Oh, that smells so good! I’m going to miss our flower garden so much.” “Me too,” Mom said as she took a picture of some flowers with her phone. The garden was in full bloom. There were two rose bushes, one…
Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 “I wish we weren’t moving,” Jaden said after carrying a large box out to Dad’s truck. “I like our neighborhood here, and I’ll miss all my friends.” “Yeah, me too. Especially at school!” said Lydia. “At our new school, we won’t know anybody.” “You’ll soon have new friends,” Dad assured them,…
Bible Reading: Psalm 145:18-19 “Can I put you on hold for a second? Thank you!” Andrew’s dad pushed a button on his desk phone. “Hello! How may I help you?” Andrew watched from the doorway as his dad fumbled with three different phone lines in the room he used as his office, trying to answer…
Bible Reading: Romans 8:28-32; Hebrews 11:8-12 Braden pulled the bill of his cap down to hide the tears that were threatening to spill down his cheeks. He took a deep breath and focused on his house out the car window, watching it grow smaller and smaller until he could barely see it. Why, God? he…
Bible Reading: Proverbs 3:5-6; Romans 11:33-36 “I think we’re going in circles,” Troy said as he and his dad and sister tried to make their way out of a corn maze. “I think we’ve been down this path before.” “How can you tell?” Elinor asked. She looked up at corn stalks that were twice as…
Bible Reading: Psalm 46:1-7 “I.miss our old house,” said Tomás. He sighed as he thought about the reason they had moved into a trailer on Grandpa’s farm. First his little brother, Felix, was seriously injured in a car accident. Then the company Dad worked for went bankrupt, and it took quite a while for Dad…
