…but you received a spirit of adoption, through which we cry, “Abba, Father!” (From Romans 8:12-17)

You, me, the immigrant, the prisoner, the Republican, the Democrat, the capitalist, the socialist, the minority, the Catholic, the Protestant, the Evangelical, the rich, the poor…all of us have received the spirit of adoption which makes God our Father.  Therefore, we are ALL sisters and brothers with one another and with Christ himself!  Why, then, do we treat others with suspicion?  With contempt?  With harsh criticism?  Without mercy?  Without kindness?  Without even acknowledging the presence of a heart and soul in another?  We are ALL children of God, so let us cry out to our Father for peace, love, unity, and a change of heart so that we might bring a little piece of Heaven to earth today!  Amen!