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It was ninth grade when I was influenced by a miracle. His name is Jesus Christ and I believe that he is my savior. He influenced me to become a better person in life and his teachings still influence me to this day. Now, some people believe that he wasn’t a real person and everyone is entitled to his or her opinion but, I believe that he was a real person.
Back then in the ninth grade I was childish, immature, and sort of a punk. I had no future goals or plans that would lead me to success. I was into different things that I now know I shouldn’t have been involved in. I would hang out with the wrong crowd and do things that hurt me overall. I wasn’t open for change and I didn’t even have a clue about religion. Jesus Christ influenced me to become a better person and live a better life.
In the past, I would drink and party with friends on the weekends which caused me to completely ignore my responsibilities to my family, school, and my life. Now I gave up all the drinking, partying, and those certain individuals that tried to hold me back from changing. Jesus taught me that I cou...
Growing up and becoming a Christian was nowhere on my life timeline. In my early teens I accepted God as My Lord and Savior. Who knew that from that day on my life would take a huge turn. Before this huge turn I didn't know what it was to include a daily prayer nor know the reason why I attended church. Eventually I became mature and was able to comprehend God's purpose for my existence. It was like a puzzle waiting to be solved. I view my life as special because I stand out to people who don't know what it's like to live in a Christ-like perspective because it's a reminder that I see the power of Jesus and they don't.
The life I had and the life I will have, have changed me as a person entirely. I became more confident and I’m learning to be independent. This would not have been accomplished without the motivation of my parents are their never ending trust and support in me. My friends have also influenced who I was because of good peer pressure and avoidance of the misguided children in school. I have a lot left to go through in my life according to Piaget, Erikson, and Kohlberg.
...hing in my power to get things back to the way they were before but it was just not happening. One morning when I was doing my devotional, I read in my devotional book that without God anything we try will fail. It was as if God said, “Here have a big piece of humble pie.” In college, humility will be a big part for me in that I will have to remember to ask for God to make me humble everyday. This, I believe, will further deepen my relationship with the Lord.
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13). This verse has got me through some of the most catastrophic times in my life. From the time I was born, up till the time I was a freshman I had lived with my Grandma. My Freshman year I attended Lincoln High School. Neither of my parents were able to have custody due to alcohol and drug addictions.
It was the beginning of freshman year. I didn’t know what to do or how to react to the people and classes in high school. I was so nervous and shaken about what was to come this upcoming year. My fears of getting lost in the hallways, being late for class, or not being in a class with someone I knew were looming over me. I was in some advanced classes that my other friends were not in. I was scared about what people would think so I felt the need to change who I was.
I grew up in a family who wasn't involved in church. My parents never attended church, but they did believe in God. I didn't have much knowledge about God. I knew very little of him, but what I did know was that he sent his son Jesus down to earth to save us. Often I believed that if you do many good things you would go to heaven. As a teen, I enjoyed going to school and playing sports. Entering high school, I began on the wrong path. I started to associate myself with the wrong group of people. Sports were becoming less fascinated to me. I got in a habit of drinking every weekend and surrounding myself with bad negativity. Everything went downhill from their. My grades started to drop as well as my friend count. I felt like alone and as if
During the summer I participate in a week theater camp. I started when I was young and participated every year that I could. When I was younger I found several extremely influential role models and I looked up to them to understand what it would be like to be older. I looked up to these people and they could do no wrong in my eyes. As I grew older, I realized that the younger participants in the plays started looking up to me. This was shocking to me because I never thought that people would look up to me. When I realized this I started looking at who I wanted to be and how to be a good role model for these young people who could shape the world. The next summer when I went to the camp again I saw these children again and they looked
What makes me the person I am you ask? My family and ministers are the people who have helped me become the person I am today. Without ministers or more specifically my parents I would not be where I am today. One question people always ask is “How do you manage to do it? Or “How do you just let go of the past like that and move on so easy” My answer simply is “I just do.” Life is not always an easy ride, it comes with a lot of failure, successes and even lessons that are to be learned. During my nineteen years of life my parents have taught me how to care, how to love and most importantly how to be a godly woman. A woman who helps other people in need, but also a woman who has daily struggles just like everyone else. The real question is how did I become the woman I am today? Some things that have helped shape me along the way would be letting go of the past, knowing my worth, and most importantly prayer.
I was raised in a Christian home. A somewhat dysfunctional home, but everything was “ok” because we went to private Christian schools, and attended church on Sundays. During this time, we were taught a lot of things about God and Jesus. We were taught about all the things that we were supposed to do, all the things we weren’t supposed to do, and all the things that would condemn us to eternal
made me who I am today. My school has shown me how lucky I am to be a Catholic
During my seventh grade year, my church went to a youth rally at a local church on weekend. Because of this rally and the message it sent, I realized and wanted to give my life to Jesus through baptism. It was awesome, I got home as a young teenager and actually talked to my mom about what it really means to be a Christian and to pick up your cross and follow him. So that very next weekend, my dad baptized me in front of the whole church on Sunday morning. It was an awesome feeling knowing that because of Jesus’ grace and mercy, I will be with him one day and spend eternity with him. Although I was on top of the world at this point, I still didn’t know fully what I had gotten into. So the next few years, I live the typical Christian life. I was trying to be the perfect person by doing the right stuff, I would try not to cuss, I would try to wear as many WWJD bracelets as I could so that I wouldn’t have to talk to them about Christ and they could just see it on my wrist, I would not join in on conversations with my friends that I knew were not right, I was just living life on cruise control.
Throughout life we come across many people, some who influence us in negative ways, and those who influence in good ways, often changing our complete outlook on life. For me, it took the struggle of one of my best friends to open my eyes. I only wish it wasn't too late to thank her.
“Hey sheep, it’s my notebook. Fill it before coming to school tomorrow or all your belongings will vanish without a trace!” That mentioned herbivore was no other than me, and the one who just threatened me named Chi, the tyrant. And clearly from this threat, I was bullied. Yes, I, the confident and courageous one as others often regard, was bullied.
I think that almost everyone has been influenced by someone at least once in their lives. From virtues to defects, there is one particular person in my life that has helped shape the individual I am today. Since birth, my father has been a great inspiration, especially when I have needed to make decisions about being responsible. I consider the adversities and sacrifices that he has endured in order to promote a better life for me on his behalf. Even after the divorce of my parents when I was a child, my father continued to teach me how to become more considerate, engaging, and responsible. The valuable lessons he has imparted on me have given me the power, perhaps even with a touch of bravado, to defeat whatever challenges I am faced with.
Everyone goes through many different experiences throughout their life. Some people have crazier experiences to remember than others do and it is normally common. Whether it is to happen at a young age, or older it can still happen. Some will remember the bad ones more than the good, or vice versa like myself for instance. In my lifetime, I have had many experiences, but some I remember more than others.