Children of God

Written by Patricia Zimmerman

Father God is All Wisdom, and Mother God is All Love.
We are all children of God.

Think of the soul as a child growing up. When it is young, it wants to be just like its parents. It admires and adores them, knowing without question that they will care for its every need.

Then come the “teen years” of the soul’s growth. The child wants to be independent, unique, and free—no longer wanting to be associated with the parents who once seemed to know everything. The child walks away from the loving arms of the parents, determined to find its own truth and its own source of love.

In truth, what the child perceives as difference is simply its lack of knowledge and experience. The Father knows how to be; the child does not. The Mother knows unconditional love; the child knows only conditional love. And so, the child sets out on a journey of learning and discovery—separate from the parents.

Over time, the child begins to see the parents differently. They were not as “dumb” as once believed. The child begins to recognize the depth of their love and the wisdom they quietly held. Eventually, the child longs to feel that love again—to return to that wisdom and oneness.

This is the story of humankind.

We, too, desired to be unique and individual. We wanted to experience love in our own way, and thus began our journey of separateness. Knowing the power of our Divine Parents, we sought to be powerful ourselves. Yet, at first, we misunderstood power—believing it meant power over others, which only weakened them and ourselves. After many lifetimes and lessons, we have come to understand that true power is Divine Power—the power of Wisdom and Love.

No matter how much wisdom and love we accumulate, it will never equal that of our God-Parents. The wisdom and love of Father/Mother God are infinite and beyond imagination. In time, every soul yearns to become more like God—to mirror Divine Wisdom and Divine Love.
Becoming God-like is the way back to Love. Becoming God-like is the way back to Truth.

When we began our journey of separation, we disconnected from God’s infinite love and wisdom by choice. Yet God, in perfect unconditional love—sometimes called “tough love”—allowed us to experience and learn. As we fell farther away, we began to believe that God had abandoned us. We blamed God for our suffering, forgetting that we were simply experiencing the consequences of what we had created.

God gave us the greatest gift: free will—the freedom to create whatever we choose. The only request was that we accept responsibility for those creations. To maintain balance, the Law of Karma was established. Yet still, many blame God for the challenges they face rather than recognizing them as opportunities for growth and correction.

Through it all, God has stood lovingly by, patiently waiting for us to remember, to learn, and to return Home.

Over time, we became ashamed of what we had created—the depths to which we had fallen. We feared God’s judgment, believing we could no longer be loved. In our guilt, we tried to hide. But all we ever needed to do was to accept God’s Love and God’s Truth, and to strive once more to become like Him. The way back has always been simple, yet we often resist releasing our old patterns, beliefs, and fears.

To be “at one” with God does not mean to lose ourselves within Him. It means to think, act, and feel as God does—to live as a reflection of Divine Love and Divine Wisdom. We are separate from God, yet made in His image.

As we release fear and grow in love, we become mirrors of God. We begin to see that His way of being is a path of peace, joy, and harmony. Like a child who strives to be like his father, we, too, aspire to become more God-like, even though we will never be God.

This is the sacred journey we, as children, have taken—to find our way back to our Divine Parents. God never left us, though it sometimes felt that way. He has simply stood in loving stillness, waiting for us to reach out again. There is no shame in what we have experienced. Every lesson, every challenge, has brought us closer to understanding the depth of Divine Love.

How do we become more God-like?
By embodying all of God’s virtues—purity, joy, mercy, compassion, forgiveness, humility, honesty, peace, and unconditional love.
No one can do this for us. It must be our own choice, our commitment to God.

The journey back to God is the journey of Truth and Love.
And this is where humanity now stands—awakening once more, longing to return to unconditional love, and beginning to grow up, as all children eventually do.

May the Creator bless you on your journey through life.