Values are principles and standards that determine the degree of worth or merit of an object or act. (ERIC, 1966). It doesn’t matter where we are born and raised, we have been taught certain standards to live by. “Nevertheless, true Christian values, reflecting acceptance of Jesus Christ as one’s Lord and Savior, anchor religious and spiritual values to biblical standards.” (Hollinger). Growing up my mom taught me to be humble, to forgive, be respectful, be honest and to have self-control. I will discuss these 5 values important to me and the reason I decided to embrace them.
I have learned that we are all the same before the Lord and that we are here to serve others, that is why humility is very important to me. I take it upon myself to help others in need …show more content…
And the Spirit doesn’t make us weak and fearful. Instead, the Spirit gives us power and love. He helps us control ourselves.” (NIRV). When we are not saved we do not practice self-control so when I came to Christ I was able to learn how to put this value into action. I love chocolate, so it is very hard for me to have self-control around chocolate but am working on overcoming that area of my life but I have come to control myself at work when I have an angry patient come lash out at me. I am able to control my emotions, fix the problem and satisfy the customer.
Also honesty is very important to me, you cannot have a healthy relationship if there is no trust because with honesty comes trust. I was raised not to lie and I don’t have reason to but when I came to Christ I also learned that liars do not enter the kingdom of heaven according to Revelation 21:8. At my previous job my manager wanted me to lie to a patient regarding an issue and I told her that I was not able to lie, I had to stand my ground because I was not willing to lose my salvation to lie for her. She ended up talking to the patient herself and afterwards she never asked me again to lie for
I have learned that we are all the same before the Lord and that we are here to serve others, that is why humility is very important to me. I take it upon myself to help others in need …show more content…
And the Spirit doesn’t make us weak and fearful. Instead, the Spirit gives us power and love. He helps us control ourselves.” (NIRV). When we are not saved we do not practice self-control so when I came to Christ I was able to learn how to put this value into action. I love chocolate, so it is very hard for me to have self-control around chocolate but am working on overcoming that area of my life but I have come to control myself at work when I have an angry patient come lash out at me. I am able to control my emotions, fix the problem and satisfy the customer.
Also honesty is very important to me, you cannot have a healthy relationship if there is no trust because with honesty comes trust. I was raised not to lie and I don’t have reason to but when I came to Christ I also learned that liars do not enter the kingdom of heaven according to Revelation 21:8. At my previous job my manager wanted me to lie to a patient regarding an issue and I told her that I was not able to lie, I had to stand my ground because I was not willing to lose my salvation to lie for her. She ended up talking to the patient herself and afterwards she never asked me again to lie for