A Personal Affirmation

Those of us who were fortunate enough and blessed by the opportunity to attend worship every Sunday while growing up learned some things which got put in the deep places of our mind.  Some parents today find themselves returning to a church that they had all but forgotten as young adults because they wanted their children to learn things of the traditional ritual such as the Gloria Patri, the Lord's Prayer, and the Affirmation of Faith.  And so, there they sit Sunday after Sunday with the books open and finger guiding the eyes of the young children beside them as another generation learns some of the sacred stuff.    

And while few of us would be able to write something as powerful and so concise as the Affirmation of Faith, it might be a good thing for us to include some time in our personal moments with the Father in Heaven to slowly pen our own expression of faith.  If we were writing our own Affirmation of Faith, how would it look?  What words would we use?  Would it be free of what we have learned?  Would it reflect the core beliefs which have come to be a part of our spiritual journey?     Maybe it is something most of us have not given much thought.  

Maybe we are content and comfortable with what we learned as we followed our mother's finger on the page which contained the ritual.  Or, just maybe, it might be time for us to do this very thing.  Maybe it is time we wrote on our Affirmation of Faith.  Maybe it is time for us to write down on a piece of paper what we actually believe to the point that we are willing to build our life around it.  Maybe it is time.