Article December 11, 1971 Issue

One Family

JUDITH L. JOGIS

Almost everyone feels that being a member of a happy family is a most desirable state of affairs. Why? The thought evokes a warm sense of togetherness and unity, of being with loved ones who really care about us, of being blessed with compassion in times of need.

Talk of a family usually refers to a tiny part of the world's population, but Christian Science reveals to us a broader, deeper sense of family. Mrs. Eddy writes, "Immortals, or God's children in divine Science, are one harmonious family."^{Science and Health, p. 444;} Isn't that an expansive sense of family? From the viewpoint of our Father-Mother God, we are all brothers and sisters in one infinite family. Our God does not conceive of us as isolated humans, one happy, another poor, another sick. He knows us as His own beloved family, His spiritual sons and daughters, united in expressing His perfection.

One dictionary includes these definitions of "family": "Fellowship," a "group of persons of common ancestry." Jesus knew what the common ancestry of men is; he demonstrated that the one good, all-powerful, ever-present God is the source of all true being. He understood that the children of God are all at the point of perfection, forever.

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