My Journey In The World

From the moment parents begin to think about having a child, they are already thinking about what the baby will be like. Will the baby be a boy or girl? Will he be an all-star football player? Or will she become a missionary? The child, like most of us, will spend most of his/her childhood trying to figure out what their calling will be and who they will become. That is how I lived my life. I kept searching for answers. I wanted God to tell me where I would have to go, where I would belong, what my desire would be, what my calling would be, and if I would keep my faith in Him. Unfortunately, God rarely tells us His plans for us. I had to explore my life and keep my trust in Him to find out who I really was. On this journey of life, I traveled …show more content…
My end goal is to graduate college and have a job hopefully right away, even if that is somewhat unrealistic. I would like to fulfill my calling by going to Africa to education the children academically and faithfully through God’s love. Growing up in a church was great; it gave me a second family and taught me that God is real. Until I was in sixth grade, I did not know what it meant to be a Christian. I thought that it meant that you went to church and believed that God is real. When I first went to Camp Michigamme, I learned what it really meant to be a Christian. I felt I was a pretty strong Christian, and then I got depressed. Through my depression, I lost faith in God. I stopped believing in Him because how could He let that happen to me, if all He wanted was the best for me. However, after all I have been through, I now believe that God did want the best for me. Going through depression helped make me stronger. God gave me the strength and love to overcome it. That is why I knew it would be stupid to cut or kill myself over depression. He was looking out for me even when I was pushing Him