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Related by Love—not blood
Who of us doesn't yearn for a sure basis on which to relate in fellowship with others? Most of us deal—nearly every moment of our lives—with relationships in our immediate family, and among friends, in-laws, neighbors, business associates, casual acquaintances. Who doesn't realize that we could significantly improve these contacts? There is comfort in these Scriptural promises: "God setteth the solitary in families" (Ps. 68:6) and "As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you" (Isa. 66:13). These verses show the nature of God as tender, ever-present Love. The influence of this Love, embraced, will mend broken relationships, alleviate misunderstandings, restrain angry or violent impulses, and restore the sweet sense of belonging. It brings us into a truer sense of family.
Whatever our human circumstances seem to be, we need to examine the thoughts that determine and develop our relationships. We can ask, Where is our thought in relation to divine Love? Are we recognizing, and claiming as our own, our genuine sonship with our Father-Mother God? Love alone provides eternally and equally for its spiritual ideas, or children, and they are dependent on God alone. It is God who is ever near; His boundless love enfolds us, and we can never be separated from Him. It is He who "relates" us. How else would Love relate us but lovingly?
Love's law is the only law governing man. This law maintains justice for all. God's law is operating right where you are. If you, for any reason, feel alone, afraid, or forsaken in this world, if you are alienated from family or friends, there is lasting help in finding out more about your precious and unchanging relationship to God, who is our true Father-Mother. Accept your heritage as a beloved child of God. Our Father never abandons His own. His love is forever.
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June 3, 1996 issue
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A church without creeds
Beulah M. Roegge
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Prayer for a church meeting
Dale Ashley Bryant
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Church work: its impact on our lives
From a church member
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More than a snippet of truth required
Judith Hardy Olson
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Does it take a strong ego?
Evelyn M. S. Duckett
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God's message
Catherine S. Anderson
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Sharing Science and Health for the first time
Kathryn Peterson
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Dear Sentinel,
with contributions from Britsy Bruland, Jody Hannibal, Tamara Rose Straw, Nicole Lynn Thompson, Heather Susan Tyks, Gale Bentley Soquel
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Related by Love—not blood
Gloria Delroy
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Music in church life
by Kim Shippey
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Church—bringing peace to the community
Russ Gerber
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My first testimony appeared over twenty years ago
Sandra Matthes Vukov
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The importance to me of beginning each new day by prayerfully...
Karenlee Raitt Mannerino
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The work of the healer in Christian Science is to acknowledge...
Forbes Smith Robertson
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In May of last year my husband of over thirty-five years passed...
Nancy Barrett Schlegel