A Worthy Quest

   Why do so many spend their life on a quest of some sort?  Some have sailed the sea seeking new land; others climb mountains; some have even gone to the moon.  What are they searching for?  Why do they risk their lives to find it?

   Perhaps we seek for many things because we know that something is missing within us.  Our lives seem incomplete, so we look for something, anything that might give us the wholeness we desire.  The satisfaction of having accomplished something to enrich our lives.  Something to give us a sense of worth.

   I will never go to the moon or climb a mountain.  My days of sailing the seas are over.  My life has been at risk on a few occasions and I have no desire to put it at risk again.  I’ve found what I believe to be the greatest, most worthy quest of all.  The desire to know and love God more and more each day.  The longing to spend eternity with Him.

   To love God is to know the love He has for me and to fill my heart with that love.  No other love can compare with the love God offers.  His is a love for all eternity.  A love reflected in His creation of all things, included me and you.  His wish to have us as part of His family.

   The greatest search is the search for God.  Nothing else offers the hope and promise of an everlasting relationship with a God who loves us without end.  No other search can end in eternal happiness in the presence of our Lord.

   Finding God is the most joyful encounter possible.  He is present in His word and in the universe He has created.  He is there in the laughter of children and in the love of parents for those children.  He is in the love shared by a man and a woman in a sacramental marriage; a love intended to be a lifelong commitment to give oneself for another.  Most of all, He is there in our heart, waiting for us to return His love.

   “To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek Him the greatest adventure; to find Him, the greatest human achievement.”  (St. Augustine)