Did you know that you’re just like your Father? I don’t mean you’re just like the man you call Daddy or Dad. But like God—your real Father—as it says in the Bible. 

Because God is our Father, we are His children. In the very first chapter of the Bible, it tells us that “God created man in his own image” (Genesis 1:27). Wow. An image of something can’t be different from the original. So since God is Love and good, we must reflect that same Love and goodness. Since there’s nothing dark or bad in God, there can’t be anything dark or bad in us. God, our loving Father, helps us see ourselves this way, too. Our Father gives us the good thoughts we need in order to recognize and express all the goodness He’s causing in us.

One day I got to share some of these ideas with an elementary school friend of mine. I asked him what his favorite school activity was.