We are all the spirit sons and daughters of a loving God who is our Father. We are part of His family. He is not a father in some allegorical or poetic sense. He is literally the Father of our spirits…
Though this world has a way of diminishing and demeaning men and women, the reality is we are all of royal, divine lineage.
…There is a level at which the child’s hymn ‘I am a child of God’ harmonizes with the music of eternity. We are children of God. Each one of us is precious to the point of bringing the Lord God Almighty to a fullness of joy if we are faithful, or to tears if we are not.