Personal Narrative: Transition Into High School

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Transitioning into high school, I experienced many changes. I became interested in sports, specifically football. I was introduced to a larger group of people since the entire county of teens went to the same singular high school. I actually grew taller! I started to see the world differently as I grew older. I noticed how different life was for White people and Black people in my small area learning to behave differently in mixed company. White people were not real. They were plastic like the characters on television as far as I was concerned. No one told me this, but I came to that conclusion based on my experience with them—as limited as that experience was. I knew from my experience with neighbors and friends that White people were real …show more content…

He was the first person to bear witness to my soul through the Holy Ghost of the truth of becoming a Saint. I said to him as we stood in the sanctuary of the church, the chapel "I want to be a saint. I want to have that sanctification. What do I need to do to become a saint through Christ?" I could feel my soul yearning and my heart expanding until he said, "You believe in Christ right. You are already a saint." He smiled at me jovially. My heart dropped and my soul deflated. After all of what he said in his sermon about becoming new creatures in Christ, he did not have anything more for me than I had already! I am sure my body must have disconnected from my spirit because I did not show the disappointment to the preacher I should have shown. I felt numb. "Make sure you buy a tape of my other sermons on the tables outside," he added as he walked away to greet other well-wishers. He left me stupefied. I did believe in Christ, but I did not know how to worship Him. I did not really know how to approach Him, even though I read the Bible. I obeyed the preacher and went to look at the tapes on display in the foyer before I walked outside of the church alone to gaze into the heavens. The stars were out in full force and my insignificance fully enveloped me as I lost myself in the night

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