We have been blessed in the United States with a beautiful country, and the resources to provide a healthy life-style for over 300 million people, if indeed, these resources are husbanded properly and fairly. We have also been blessed with the gift of freedom: freedom to develop our own gifts and talents, to chose our careers, to speak without fear of reprisal, and to practice our faith, to name a few. Such blessings need careful stewarding lest they become lost in selfishness, entitlement or misunderstanding. In passing on our faith, for example, rather than just setting up rules for our children and stressing punishment for breaking those rules, or learning heaping up piles of doctrines into their plates, we mustn't lose sight of the main themes that should permeate these rules and doctrines: love, generosity, compassion, humility, acceptance of others, respect for self and for others, forgiveness and patience. If we are not seeing these qualities in our children, then we are missing the point of religious education, which, of course, begins in the family. As we attempt to be good stewards of our material blessings and the blessing of our freedom, let's be good stewards and good models of our most precious resource: our faith.
Bro. Rene
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