WE LOVE BECAUSE GOD FIRST LOVED US. 1 JOHN 4:19 (NIV). BY MICCA CAMPBELL.

We Love Because He First Loved Us. 1 John 4:19 (NIV).

I don’t recall what my son did wrong. I just remember his reaction to my husband Pat’s discipline. It was unlike any time before.

“You’re not my dad!” Mitch screamed with rage. “I hate you, I hate you!” he ranted between sobs.

I was shocked watching the two of them battle out their affections. Our son hadn’t behaved that way before. He was completely out of control and overwhelmed with anger, fear, and pain.

Mitch was a baby when my first husband, his biological father, died in an accident. Now, standing before the man who had vowed to love him as his own, Mitch wasn’t certain he trusted his stepfather’s…