I believe everything in life happens for a reason. Believing this, I have questioned what can come from the bad things that happen in life and used this to shape my life. Even believing this, I questioned my faith in Christianity. Eventually, the experiences in my life—good and bad— showed me God again, and made my faith stronger. The first time I remember noticing strength in my faith was when I was in sixth grade. I attended a Lutheran school, which meant I had religion class or chapel every day. Although my life was surrounded by Christianity, my teacher shared her experiences in the Christian faith. She told us when she had experienced God and how it had changed her life for the better. For the first time, I saw the extreme effect of
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We all walked into the quiet room, filled with candles, and soft music playing. As my fellow retreatants and I sat down, we had no idea what was coming next. The retreat leaders sat in the front of the room and began to read us a letter from the host church priest. He told us about how grateful he was to God that we could attend the retreat and how he wanted us to see God. As I sat in the room, my eyes filled with tears of joy; I felt God’s presence surround me. As our time in the chapel continued, the leaders read letters our parents had written for us. When it came to mine, I felt God showing my mother’s love for me, and I felt his presence for the first time in years. In that moment, I once again felt that I was a child of God. From this moment on, I focused my life on God and his word. After years of avoiding church, I attended services as much as possible. I read the bible and made God the center of my life. After feeling his presence and focusing an entire weekend on him, I became a Christian once again. After all these things happened to me, I found my true beliefs, my strongest being that everything happens for a reason. I sincerely believe that God allows both good and bad things happen to you so that you can grow in your life and in your faith. I’ve begun to improve my health and discover a community of people similar to me. I’ve helped one of my best friends through her chronic pain, knowing what chronic health problems are like. Even though my problems with my health were some of the worst things that ever happened to me, I could use it to help
We all walked into the quiet room, filled with candles, and soft music playing. As my fellow retreatants and I sat down, we had no idea what was coming next. The retreat leaders sat in the front of the room and began to read us a letter from the host church priest. He told us about how grateful he was to God that we could attend the retreat and how he wanted us to see God. As I sat in the room, my eyes filled with tears of joy; I felt God’s presence surround me. As our time in the chapel continued, the leaders read letters our parents had written for us. When it came to mine, I felt God showing my mother’s love for me, and I felt his presence for the first time in years. In that moment, I once again felt that I was a child of God. From this moment on, I focused my life on God and his word. After years of avoiding church, I attended services as much as possible. I read the bible and made God the center of my life. After feeling his presence and focusing an entire weekend on him, I became a Christian once again. After all these things happened to me, I found my true beliefs, my strongest being that everything happens for a reason. I sincerely believe that God allows both good and bad things happen to you so that you can grow in your life and in your faith. I’ve begun to improve my health and discover a community of people similar to me. I’ve helped one of my best friends through her chronic pain, knowing what chronic health problems are like. Even though my problems with my health were some of the worst things that ever happened to me, I could use it to help