"What about God?"

As I was reading Dorothy's Day "What about God?" I came across a line that really made me relate: "We did not search for God when we were children. We took Him for granted." (page 17) 

Growing up as a child, I cannot remember not knowing about God. If the church doors were open, then I was probably there with my dad, mom, brother, and sister. It was expected. The same routine was performed over and over: go to church on Sunday mornings and nights, Wednesday nights, and say your prayers everyday. Even though I did not know any difference I knew this was the "right" thing to do and did not question it. As I grew older, I started learning there was so much different in the outside world that I felt like I had been protected from, it made me question myself. And just like Day I felt the same for the first in my life, "I began to be afraid of God, of death, or eternity." (page 20) I realized I too had been taking God for granted. Coming to college was a big transition. Everything was becoming new to me... and sometimes still is. I was finally stepping out into the "real world" and discovering what the world had to offer. For once in my life I was not around the same people I had known all my life and was not around the same temptations my small town had to offer. I have grown up in the same church ever since I can remember. As I came to college I did not even know how to go about finding a church that I feel is "close to home". I feel all of these life-changing events have led me to make a choice: go out and experience what the world offers or choose God. Knowing that I wanted to choose God, I knew it would not lead to any easy road, just as Day was to keep secret about how she felt, I feel I can too relate.