Liberty University Analysis

I recently attended a Liberty University Convocation that really spoke to me while attending College For a Weekend. While I sat in the Vines’ Center seats, I listened to Donald Miller talk about the four kinds of people in a story: the victim, the villain, the hero, and the guide. I personally feel that my trials through life were given to me so I could fulfill the role of a guide in my life and others. My perspective is not commonly found in society today and I have a strong desire in my heart to help. I believe that Liberty University can help me grow and develop leadership skills to become what God has intended me to be to glorify him while helping others in their own individual lives. Trials and tribulations develop character, and I would not trade mine for any in the world. I have personally experienced overwhelming depression, crippling anxiety, and severe hurt prior to my senior year which allows me to have an open mind and a better sense of empathy when others have the same issues I did. Going to Liberty would give me …show more content…
I have never in my life, nor do I ever plan on, drinking, partaking in drugs, smoking or abusing the honor system in any way. I currently volunteer at the elementary school where I live, I am apart of the Let’s Go! leadership program, and I am currently a member of the National Honors Society at school. I also am involved in Interact and in The Empty Bowls Project, where students create bowls to raise awareness for the hungry and needy. The autistic community is a favorite of mine when it comes to volunteering, as there are those with autism in my family and I have been blessed with the opportunity to constantly give help specifically to those with the disability. I believe that God has commanded us to be stewards of the earth and helpful to others, as outlined in Matthew 25:35-40, a verse I grew up with in a service-minded