Corporations and kingdoms,

Democracies and fascist regimes,

For all their pomp and pretension,

In the end, are temporary.

They have a beginning,

And they have an end.

But family is eternal.

It is the bedrock of existence.

And the family of God is the only order

Without beginning and without end.

Just think about it, 

What are you 

When all else is stripped away,

But a child of God,

So that your deepest definition 

Is in relation to a Heavenly Parent.

It is the ultimate identity,

And it is the only authority

That transcends

The grave.