You know that you are a "daughter" or a "son" of God. But in a way, that seems like a metaphor, nothing more.
There's no way we human beings can really be God's "sons" or "daughters." How can we be God's?
This is where a simple but profound truth comes in.
Jesus came down from heaven so that we could be joined to him. Jesus became one of us so that he could then bring us into the same relationship he has with his Father.
St. Augustine wrote that God became human so that humans might become God. This is God's pure gifts. It is real. You are joined to Jesus Christ. You're not a half-brother or half-sister. You receive the gift of his own Spirit. You have God's life within you.
If you let yourself think about that ... believe it ... then you might begin to act more like who you are: a son or daughter of God, a child of the light, a child of the day.
- Little White Book, Diocese of Saginaw