Taking the Next Step

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Jan 7, 2026 · 3m

READ: GENESIS 12:1-8; ROMANS 8:28-39 “But I don’t want to go.” For months I begged Mom. I didn’t want to leave our home to move to a new state hundreds of miles away. I didn’t want to say goodbye to friends and neighbors I had known forever. I didn’t want to start all over again, especially in the middle of the school year. “Why can’t I stay here?” But I knew why. Cancer. We had lived in Florida my whole life, but now Mom’s doctor said the Florida weather didn’t pair well with her treatment. So my dad took a new job in North Carolina. And they would not leave me behind. I just wished we…