Who I Am Today Research Paper

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First and foremost, I would like to say thank you Jesus for molding me into who I am today. Although life isn’t “peachy”, I give glory and honor to God for who he’s shaping me to be. I was raised in a home where I knew about God through traditions and locations; however, I did not understand the concept of having a personal relationship with him.

Being the youngest of three children, I constantly felt the need to prove myself and, therefore, battled with insecurity. When my early teen years came, I started being influenced by whomever and whatever was around me. I attended a school that challenged me academically, so I let my grades define me. I truly believed I was a failure: I was a failure at school and at home. My parents had just divorced,

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