Personal Narrative: Neglecting Religion

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Neglecting Religion

Family trips, vacations and roadtrips are always a fun thing to do with family. Even if it’s just going out of town for the day, going camping for the weekend or even leaving the State or Country for a few days or weeks. When going on these trips, you usually expect the best of it and don’t seem to think of the negatives, like something terrible happening. I myself have been on family vacation and roadtrips many times before. My family and I always have a great time when going on these trips and never expect or try to think of anything bad happening. Before heading off we like to say a prayer for the road just to feel more secured. Many others have different ways in showing their religious faith, some loose track of their religion faith when they start to question the power and holiness of god.

Why is that when something bad is happening to someone we seem to have more faith in god than ever? But when things are great we easily forget to give thanks and forget to appreciate god more than ever. Some say that you’re faith comes when you need god the most because that is when you are asking for help. In the story by O 'Connor, he explains that the grandmother was in so much fear that she had lost her voice. “She opened and
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In my case I was always a believer and didn’t like to question my faith. After the accident that I was in, that made me appreciate and value my faith and life in better way. Not all people like my family and I can get lucky enough and be saved and be given the opportunity to appreciate what you have. At the end of the story both the grandmother and The Misfit have a moment of Grace. Some people in life need an awakening call to really value what you have in life, and regardless of the outcome that can make us question in what you truly believe

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