How Does Faith Impact A Person's Life

Faith, or lack of, has the ability to greatly impact someone’s life. I grew up watching my grandma live her life by faith. She always had so much faith that God would take care of everything, but she also had great faith in humanity. She taught me how to share my burdens with others and not try to carry it by myself. She would always say, “Give your problems to God.
He will take care of you.”

I can remember being in middle school, which is when my grandma fell on some hard times. She had a massive heart attack, lost her job, had to move to a tiny apartment, and was unable to work for some time. I never once saw her get upset about it. She had such a calm air about her and just kept saying, “I gave my problems to God. He will take …show more content…
We went to the same church for many, many years, so I developed many strong relationships and bonds with my fellow church members. Every Sunday, we sat in our same pew, and went through our weekly routine. One thing that always stood out to me was the praises and prayer requests part. There were always so many praises; they outweighed the prayer requests every time. However, they weren’t like normal praises to me. Instead, people were praising God for the bad times, as well as the good. They would go something like, “My husband is very sick, and it’s not looking so good. It’s really tough for me, but I’m trusting that God will take care of it. I’m thankful for that.” They didn’t mean He would magically cure him, but that His will would be done, and they accepted that it may not be the outcome they wanted. To me, that was true faith in something.

Another wonderful thing about my grandma was her devotion to sending me, and my sister, to a private school. The tuition payment was very costly, and there’s no way she would have ever sent us had she not felt directed to do so. Even when she went through tough