We don't often put it this way any more, but in truth, we were created, as the Baltimore Catechism put it, "to know, love and serve God in this world, and be happy with him in the next." Those of us of "that" generation recited that answer throughout grammar school, but the generations after us have not been given that simple formula. As a result, there's wondering and wandering going on, especially among our teens and even young adults. Much searching and drifting....all good...vindicating the reality that without a basic foundation, growth in the faith, in life, even, is stymied. But, indeed, we were created with the mission to enjoy a deep relationship with our Creator, a love relationship, and to act on it by sharing that knowledge and love of God with others. This is one major act of "service" that we cannot neglect nor deny, for it comes "with the territory" of birth and baptism.
Bro. Rene
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