The Runaway Bride Research Paper

I knew of God, at least what my parents told me at a young age. I will never forget the feeling I had when I was baptized. I was 6 years old. I remember having a tingle all around me, and I knew something was real. This feeling was not made up. I still sometimes think about that tingle and what it meant to me. I was a part of something greater. After that time, I wondered around aimlessly attempting to find that connection with someone else. I drifted away from my calling. I knew the right things to do, however would go against what was taught to me, looking for connections with people. What makes us drift away from God? The media definitely has added to the disconnect, they have a tendency to make it seem like we are writers and producers of our life. They have created subliminal messages through advertisement and television shows since we were children. This type of manipulation trains the brain to believe that sex with anyone is okay, as long as you protect yourself. There are definite social …show more content…
Typically, we can go to church and pretend, but we are still running away from the true calling. In order to be in the true calling, it requires some sacrifices and soul searching. As a part of religion is it is important to recognize your purpose and become a woman of God. A Proverbs 31 woman, if you will. In the book the Author, Heather Lindsey provides a personal narrative on her journey of life, and struggles she has had on her walk with God. Essentially, she too had attempted to make earthly connections with people, and placed these connections as more valuable than the one she had with God. She found herself worth in the connections she had with the men she slept with, and tried to make relationships work that she knew was not for her. I had always wanted to read this book, and I am glad that I chose this for topic for my paper, as it often times, especially in today’s society, kept