The mystery of baptism is God’s grace to identify us with himself without assurance that we will always live up to our new identity. We may fail, we may even run away, but this is why we are baptized in the local church. Through baptism, we take on the commitment of God’s community. When we stumble, we have brothers and sisters to hear our confession and assure us of God’s forgiveness and restoration. When we run away, we have a family that will chase after us and call us back to the baptismal life we were reborn into.