Religion is usually considered one of the biggest and most essential parts of a person's life. However, I am not one of those people. Although I was baptized a long time ago I don't go to church, except for christmas eve, and I kinow almost nothing about the religious path I will follow later in life or which of the many would fit me best. All this aside on most sundays I am at my good friends house and she is forced to go to church every sunday. Consequently, I am dragged along with her. She goes to a lutheran church and although I don't know where there that falls on the spectrum of religions I do believe that I have learned many useful things in the times I have gone.Just last week we heard ina sermon something that really made me thing. the pastor was talking about how our role in life is to serve, and to search for the way that we can best serve the world and god. I don't know exactly how I feel about the god thing but I thought it was an interesting point. They kept talking about how instead of looking to "get" the most of life, we need to see how we can best put the most into life. I never had really understood the difference between the two expressions but I now noticed that I should decide if I wanted to be a giver or a taker. I know this was pretty random but it made me realize that going to church, and religion is definetly not only about the savior, and bible story like I always thought it had been. It's more about having a community around you that shares similar morals and values and that are very likely to support you. It' about learning to become a better person and serving others. I think that type of community is extremely rare and I know that I definetly want to bee a part of one but not necessarily a congregation.
getting vs. giving
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