June 21, 2026 Devo

On September 26, 1989, a little boy named “Freddie” was born in Quincy, Florida. No one is sure exactly where the birth took place, because Freddie was found as a newborn lying beside a dumpster where he had been abandoned by his birth mother. He was adopted by a wonderful couple named Nathan and Betty Figgers. This couple surrounded him with love and anchored him in faith. They also told him how much he was loved and how much they believed in him.
Their love was important because kids weren’t kind to Freddie. They often called him “Dumpster Boy” and reminded him that he was just someone that somebody else threw away. But Freddie blossomed. He was really smart. He actually fixed a broken computer that his father bought from Goodwill with parts from a clock radio when he was only 9 years old. When his father started developing dementia and wandering away, Freddie developed a device that he installed in his father’s tennis shoe, where he could track him and call him. He later sold the rights to that device for $2.2 million. Freddie Figures became an amazing man and a wildly successful businessman. You can check out his story and what he’s up to now at freddiefiggers.com. His own mother may have abandoned him, but God wasn’t done with him. He still isn’t!
Forgotten, forsaken, abandoned, rejected, unwanted, unloved. Have you ever experienced any of those? It’s amazing to me how “disposable” people and relationships can be to some. People who should always be there for you often aren’t. People sometimes tell you that you can always count on them, but you discover you can’t. Freddie’s story represents a lot of us today. But so does the love and redemption that rescued him! God is not someone who just says he loves you. He TRULY loves you. He loves you with a love that is steadfast and true. You may feel like someone’s “trash” that they simply tossed aside, but you are God’s “treasure.” Isaiah reminds us that God doesn’t quit on us or toss us aside, even when the discarded places we find ourselves in are a result of choices we have made. His love for Israel was relentless. As is His love for you. If you’re feeling abandoned, alone, or worthless today, turn your face toward Him. Let Him lavish His love upon you. You are “the city of God’s delight” because He delights in YOU. No matter what you’ve been through, God isn’t done writing your story. Just ask Freddie Figgers. That’s God’s Word for you today.