There are moments in life when our families are expanded. We gain new additions through marriage, birthing and adopting children, making new close friends. In many different ways, throughout our lives, our understanding of family expands to include more and more people.

These additions to our families are small compared to the way our family expands when we become followers of Christ. The moment we decide to follow we are welcomed into an enormous family made up of all believers in every time and space. We get this amazing extended family. Our immediate families are still important, but we also see how important our brothers and sisters in Christ are too. We don’t have to let go of our nuclear families; we just need to celebrate how big our faith family is! Following Christ means we are given the gift of a huge family to love and care for and who love and care for us.

by Jenny Clamon from d365.org