My Family

When I look at people, I should recognize the resemblance to Heavenly Father, both spiritual and physical, placed in every person so that I would be ever mindful of my own and my neighbor’s familial relationship with Deity. Rather than cringing at dissonant connections between perfect Father and wayward child, I should “Look and behold the condescension of God!” and “Listen to him who is the advocate with the Father, who is pleading your cause [and their causes] before him”. God who “made of one blood all nations of men”, gathered “together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.” Siblings, though far from perfect, are worth all the love I can give. As I internalize this, my heritage as God’s son and Christ’s disciple will shine through.

Father

Christ taught: God is “your heavenly Father”: “your Father which is in heaven”. He is perfect. He knows your needs precisely and gives generously. He forgives you; He rewards you. Whether you are good or evil, He makes his rain fall and his sun rise on you. Lest you conclude that “my Father in heaven” and “your Father in heaven” are different, kneel with Christ as He prays to “Our Father which art in heaven”. Out of the profound depth of His soul Christ pleads “that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven”. 

Your heavenly Father is more your Father than your earthly father: you are more heavenly than earthly.