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Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Jul 25, 2025 · 4m

READ: PSALM 139:13-18; JEREMIAH 31:3; LUKE 15:3-7 The sun is setting, and as the long grass sways back and forth in motion with the wind, a young woman is walking down a dirt road after having left her newborn baby by a tree in the woods. She hopes someone will soon find her. Tears run down her cheeks as she wishes she could provide for her baby, but she knows she can’t. Her life in Africa is one of hardship and survival, and since she is unmarried, she lacks resources to raise a child alone. When I was a year old, I was adopted. I am now Ethiopian-American. Psalm 68:6 says, “God places the…