Change: A Short Story

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I used see love, hope, adventure, and life as a narrow road, but it’s so much more. I remember finding this understanding in my relationship with God. Some my not understand this, and that’s okay because i'm not here to tell someone else's story; but my story. My story begins in a cold church auditorium where I prayed a simple prayer, and felt an unimaginary peace feel my body. Before this I was a simple kid the one who, did what looked intriguing, felt like a half empty glass, and unloved.
Love is defined as an intense feeling of love and affection. That may be the book definition, and something the world strives for, but isn’t accurate we live in a world the restricts love to boundaries. I was restricted to these boundaries I believed to be loved I had to be perfect, blameless, flawless, but i'm human. I wish I would've found the unconditional love of God. The love that doesn’t fade because I do so many impulsive decisions; and based on the love scale of our world I would not be loved I would be the unwanted baby a parent drops off at the fire station. But since I have a father in God, I know that his love will never wither or dry out like a rose. I see love as not
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Life is more than that it’s full of love, sorrow, adventure, but it ends pretty great if you live every moment like it’s the last. I thought this idea was just for the kids who did drugs, but I found this in God. I have been given this life not to settle but, to strive. I must live a life that is full of hope , not fear. All the ends and outs of life to me have a purpose that I was given by God before I was born, and one was not to be fearful . This idea of purpose has helped me to realize that I don’t need to stressed, anxious, and fearful. I know that this life is scary but with God set as my path this life is can be carefree. Looking back on my life before being in a relationship with God I was surviving not

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