Three Ounces Of Hope And Determination: Character Analysis

The Preface: Christ Revealed through Weakness

Originally, the tales in Three Ounces of Hope and Determination were written as a series of journal entries during my early visits to central Belize. At first, I used the stories as a form of personal therapy to cope with having to leave Belize and return to the States. As I continuously wrote each entry in my journals, the writings assisted me in identifying my various shortcomings along with the victories through my walk with Jesus Christ. In addition, it is prayer that gave me insight and solutions to the myriad of shortcomings in my life. It is my belief that our God of all comfort encourages us to share our weaknesses to show other individual our progress in our walk and His ultimate transformation through shortcomings to …show more content…
There is a wise Christian woman, who attempted to give me advice once or twice or even three times. Her stern words still echoes in my mind even today and she continue to remind me of this, “Jenn, you are hard headed!” Even though the comment was constructive criticism, I took the statement as being too direct and just plain rude. Three months later, I came to the realization that God was speaking through this bold and obedient woman. Within the brief period of two weeks, six other people told me that I was hard headed. There is another wise and stern Christian woman who boldly told me, “You have to have thick skin!” She seemed to think I was weak and needed a gain assertiveness. I thought to myself, “Is this God speaking through this woman?” Lord for blessing me with my life experiences and putting people in my life, who are not afraid to confront me with the real truth. These mature Christians who are bold and prefer to confront people through the direct approach to avoid any unnecessary inconsistencies through hearsay. I admire the bold Christian types who give constructive criticism not to hurt, but to