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My Faith
From the time I was born I have grown up in Christian Reformed Environment, and accepted Jesus into my heart when I was three. But since I could not fully understand then, when I was so young, I recommited my life to the Lord when I was in mid-school. I am not a perfect person and my relationship with God goes up and down all the time, but I know what I believe and have faith in.
"I believe in God, the Father almighty creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified died and was buried;
He descended to hell.
The third he rose again from dead.
He ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen"
This is what I believe.
My Worldview. - Exam Essay
When looking and thinking about the world I realized that how I view the world is probably the same way most people would see it. The world to me is most of the time not a great place; there is so much brokenness and evil going on in this world. But there is also good that happens. Mostly our world is a sinful place. I see what is real as something beautiful, but often destroyed by the sin around us.
How I view the world helps in a small way to shape my worldview. I have a Christian worldview; God is a big part of my life, and having a relationship with him impacts how I live, act, and how I make decisions. I view God as a forgiving father, who must be feared. Not feared in the sense that I am afraid of him but that I respect him. He knows I am not perfect, but I know that he does ask me to live a life that is honoring to him. I view life as a temporary gift of God. Temporary because I know that this life, this body, these things will not last forever, they will all die. Only my spiritual body will last forever. And a gift because he wants us to use our time to live a good life pleasing to him, to not waste our days here, but to live every moment and to have a relationship with God.
As a Christian a big question is what happens after death? And is there hope? YES! There is life after death, not like karma for Hindus, but there is a heaven and a hell, and believing in Christ as our savior, and humbling yourself before God depicts where God will send you. But there is hope! Hope that when you die you will not just die and be no more, but as Christians we can live on forever, with our Lord. I view morality, as being shaped by what God tells us is right and wrong. God want us to live and follow him and live a life with good morals, but I think that God wants us to live not only for today but for tomorrow as well. To think about our actions because to every action there is a reaction. We are not just living for this life but the next.
Another question a lot of people ask is how do we know rite from wrong? I think that is something people need to decide for themselves. But for me, I tell what is right from wrong by what is shown to me in the Bible. God gave us commandments to live by, they applied back in the day and I think they still apply today, to me and my life. I also to try live and follow Christ’s example. The way I view all of these things help to shape my decisions everyday, I am no where near perfect and mess up a lot, but I try to live a life honoring God because he is with in me, I have a personal relationship with Him, and I do not want to let him down even though I do every day. That is how I know He is forgiving. Since I know this life is temporary but a gift, I try and set my spiritual goals on heaven and try to live everyday to the fullest. I do not want to waste this gift God has given me. My view on morality helps me to make the right decisions, and to not think about just myself but others as well.
My soul is eternal, yours is too, and this is what separates us from animals and every thing else on the planet. It is up to each individual to decide on their own where they want to spend eternity.
I have hope, I hope in a lot of things and life after death is not the only thing, I have hope that tomorrow will be better than today, that the suffering around the world will be less one day and that I still have the rest of my life to live.
In comparing my sense of life with Hinduism I realized that we have nothing really in common. Hinduism is different because they believe that everyone and everything is a god, a piece of Brahman. As a Christian I know this is not true, God lives with in me but I am not a god.
Also how I view the world helps me to answer the question of “Is the world good or evil.” Honestly I feel that this world is evil. God had made this world intending it to be beautiful and good, but sin has messed a lot of it up. Not everyone in this world is evil but I feel that this world in general is evil. People place too much value on things, material things, than their families or religions. I value my relationships with friends, family and mostly God, because with these relationships I feel safe and secure, I do not feel like I am missing something, relationships can last forever. This is a big part of my worldview because of the emphasis of relationships in the Bible, and the knowledge that God wants a personal relationship with me, and I can have one because Jesus died for me, making me clean in the eyes of God.My worldview guides me in the friends that I make, and how strong my friendships are, Jesus shows me how to be someone’s friend, and because I have a real relationship with God it helps me to have real relationships with my friends. Not perfect ones, but friendships that forgive, love and hold each other up. My worldview guides me in dating because I want to find a guy that believes the same as me. My worldview helps me to remember that I should make good decisions, and protect my body when I am with a boy. And lastly my worldview helps guide me in how I spend my time, playing sports, and trying to honor God in every area of that. Lastly my worldview helps me shape my choices in everyday life. It helps to not only live for this life, but to prepare for the next, and live with God. It helps me decide who my friends will be and treat the people around me. My worldview keeps me back from doing wrong and hurting other. I know that this is a sinful world, and I am full of sin, constantly needing forgiveness and other chance. My worldview helps me understand that this is OK, and God will always forgive as long as I ask for it.
Personal Goals
After Graduating from High School I plan to go to school at Dordt in Iowa, to become a Registered Nurse. Being a nurse has always been a goal of mine, even when I was very young I wanted to help people. One of my biggest goals is to get into a Travel Nursing Program. I want to travel and see the world, while I work. Some time after I would like to have a family of my own, and hopefully go back to school again later on in life and work to become a Pediatrician.
Looking at my life I have some choices, to move back to Canada after school, and be closer to family, and work where I have my citizenship, or stay here in New Mexico. I am glad that I do not have to make a decision now because I do not know where I want to live. All I know is that I would like to be close to my immediate family.
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