Article January 13, 1962 Issue

A Happy Household

[Of Special Interest to Children]

PAULINE WICKSTRUM REHR

Marianne was an adopted child. Her mother and father had reached out in their thought to give security and loving care to her when she was a tiny baby. She had been told all about this happy unfoldment, and Marianne was delighted to welcome a little sister also selected, or chosen for adoption, as a member of the family and the home.

Marianne and her parents often repeated the verse from the Bible (Eph. 2:19), "Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God." It had a very special meaning to them, and they worked daily in their study of Christian Science to have their home truly representative of the spiritual household of God. They knew that they must recognize the ever-presence of Christ, Truth, in order to keep harmony in their home.

Occasionally Marianne was tempted to express fear, impatience, and disobedience. Her mother talked with her to help her refuse to give time or place to these unhappy and ungodlike thoughts. One day, as they turned to Christian Science to solve a problem which had brought unhappiness to Marianne and to her classmates and her teacher at school, the familiar words "chosen" and "adopted" were used with healing effect.

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