God, in his infinite wisdom, gave us the blessing of families. According to his design, families are supposed to love one another and help one another through life. Parents are to raise their children in the Lord (Eph 5:4), and children are to honor their parents throughout their whole lives (5:1-3). God promises that we will have a long life on the earth if we honor our parents (v. 3). Husbands are to love their wives, and in this way, he reflects Christ’s mysterious relationship with his church (4:25).

Apart from our biological families, we have also been given a divine family. God has adopted us through Jesus (John 1:12). Through the Holy Spirit, we are able to cry out to God and call him “Abba, Father!” (Rom 8:15). Jesus himself is not ashamed to call us his siblings and even became like us by taking on flesh and blood (Heb 2:11, 17). Unlike our biological families, we do not have physical resemblances. In fact, we boast in the Lord that our divine family is so diverse so that we speak many languages and are from many countries. Summit itself has people from Venezuela, the Philippines, South Africa, Greece, India, and probably other countries I forgot to name. We normally would never associate with one another, but the Christ broke down the barriers that once separated us and now we are all a part of the same household (Eph 2:11-19). We can call one another brother, సోదరుడు, ἀδελφός, hermano, igsoon, kaka or the feminine equivalent. Praise be to God for this heavenly blessing!