Article August 18, 1986 ISSUE

Children: yours, mine, or God's?

MARION SOMERS

As a young working parent, I sometimes had to juggle work, family responsibilities, educational goals, and a myriad of other objectives. The sense of burden I sometimes felt was lightened when I recognized that my children were really God's children. I often found that Hymn 304 from the Christian Science Hymnal was of enormous comfort. The words of the hymn are a poem by Mrs. Eddy. The title, "'Feed My Sheep,'" reminded me that I also was one of the children always under God's loving care.

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