A Reflection On My Life Essay

Human beings are always in constant development process, throughout their life history. People often pass various stages and occurrences in life, which in one way or the other shape their being into what they are today. Actually, this is the reason why sociologists argue that we are the product of our environment, implying that every human behavior emanated from what they saw or experienced in life. In relation to this, this paper will discuss at length about my individual development narrative, and go a notch higher to explain every occurrence/stage in my life from a theoretical perspective.

I told friends and family that I was considering baptism, and as a result they provided me with useful information about Christianity and supported my decisions. After evaluating all of this new information, my heart filled with joy, and I decided to accept Christ and be baptized. I thought I would have to wait until Easter, but Sam discovered that there was an option to be baptized before that, on Sunday, March 13th. As the date approached, I became excited and eager because my family and friends were going to be there to witness this life-changing event with me. My Small Group friends not only witnessed this joyous occasion, they participated in my baptism. Shortly thereafter, I persuaded my family to attend a Sunday service to better understand my feelings for the Church. I realized that, now that I was baptized, I was never

The following day started revival week at my church and I was the first of seventy-three people to give their lives to God and be baptized. The second influential event in my life leading me to excel is my new found purpose for my life. Through church and my mother I met an amazing woman named Mary who works at a christian book store and introduced me to a book called, The Purpose Driven Life. The book is a forty day spiritual journey intended to show people God's purpose for their life. While reading this book I have found God speaking to me in ways that he never has, and that has opened my eyes to many things in my life that I did not take the time to notice before. Since I have started reading this book, the daily devotions have helped me realize a few of God's purposes for my life. It is because of this book that I can look at each passing day of my life and see areas that still need improvement. The final influential event to excel my life is finding out that I am pregnant with my first

It was a Friday night, March 15, 2013. We had been going to Five Forks Baptist Church for a month at least. Dad had taken us to the Reformers Unanimous, every Friday for the activities for kids. The R.U. program was over, and the former pastor of Five Forks was talking to us. Dad told him we were interested in getting baptized. Pastor Churchill asked Rachel if she had gotten saved, and she said yes. Then he came to me. He asked me if I remembered a time in my life when I had gotten saved. I thought for a minute and said, no. He then showed me through the Romans road of salvation. Then he told me that I had to pray for God to forgive me of my sins. He told me to repeat him, but that I had to believe in my heart that Jesus could save me. So I repeated what Pastor Churchill said. Nothing weird happened like some people say when they get saved. I felt a change in my life, and I knew that I had freedom over sin. The following week on March 31, 2013, I got baptized. The pastor that used to be there is an evangelist now.

September 19, 2010, I put on my white, long, satin dress with jewels and rushed to rooster rock state park where I would be baptized. This was the happiest day of my life. This day meant that I would finally live and serve God, because he sent his son Jesus on earth to die for our sins so that we wouldn’t have to. In exchange for his sacrifice I chose from this day on to proclaim his name and spread his word so that others could experience the joy, love and happiness I feel on a daily basis. It came the time to get in the water and be dunked, I was nervous, but when my head came out from under the water I felt completely new and washed of my sins.

Subsequently, I surrendered my life fully to God. I learned to read the bible and worship daily. I was transformed. I served my church in reaching to those in need and teaching them the bible. I taught and visited youths in desperate conditions and saw how they overcame their obstacles through faith and hope in God. I witnessed youths who finished their college amidst impossible situations: one living by the railroad side where rats would sometime bit her feet, one living under the bridge and by the wet dirty market, and another in the slums amidst gangsters. This is meaningful for me for I saw the power of the God and the importance of teaching Scriptures to transform lives.

Knowing, caring, and doing is our school's motto or “mission statement”, as my 7th grade advisory teacher, Ms. Farris, would say. With this being the mission statement, it helps me strive to complete this mission. Over the course of the first half of this year, I have gathered pieces of work as evidence to show I met up with this motto. But before I continue to explain my work, I will clarify the definitions I have made while being in this school for four years now. Knowing means being able to notice what’s is going on around you and to have knowledge on the topic being able to explain it. Caring means that you’re actually showing that you care for what you’re doing by putting effort. Lastly, doing means that you’re physically doing something benefiting yourself or others.

During the first week study, the lecture reminds me of the previous course in Enggen 303. Rob emphasize how important the communications are inside the team work through some samples and activities. I totally agree that but I would like to talk about my own opinion in here for some points.

Fate is a short and powerful four-letter word that most people enjoy believing in. However, other’s may believe it isn’t possible for events to happen without a logical explanation. For years, I was that type of person. I had a very hard time believing that there was a type of higher power controlling the destiny of my life. I challenged every situation I could by finding a way to prove, logically, on why it had happened. Whether the situation was good or bad, I chose to look at it short and sweet, with fear of becoming overly attached and focused on the situation. There were multiple events that had occurred in my life that lead me to think if I believed in fate, it would seem to be out to get me. However, when I was eighteen, my life did a complete turn around and so did my perspective on fate.

There is a myth that in seven years, your body completely replaces itself. The idea is that in that time, all of your cells will have regenerated themselves, so the parts that make up your body are entirely different. If this is true, this raises the question: are you the same person you were seven years ago? Unfortunately, this myth has been debunked. There are some parts of your body that stay the same throughout your entire life, like your tooth enamel and your retinas. Nevertheless, the original question still stands, and lately, I have been thinking about how I’ve changed as a person.

1. They say that fathers are the superheroes in the family because they protect and provide for us. 2. I think that mothers are superheroes too, because they can take on the same responsibility as the father.

Throughout life, stories are being created constantly. Lives come And go, people making memories that will follow them to the ends of their lives for the good or bad, and at times things just don't make sense at all or even you just don’t know how to feel about it. That very factor is the reason why Charles Swindall once said: “Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% how you react to it”. One person has that power to change their course of history, but you need to know the past to complete the future, after just 17 years of my life I've learned life is funny like that. For Life is a sick comedian and only you get the joke.

Do you ever hear a story and think to yourself, "Wow I can't imagine what that family/ person is going through," and then suddenly you find yourself stuck, trapped, broken, in a tragedy you never thought would happen to YOU.

As the saying goes, we all have skeletons in our closet. As you get older you have more and more things in your past that you are ashamed of. There are two kinds of ways you can handle these regrets. The first one is the easiest, let your past mistakes consume you and fall apart. The other option is a bit more difficult, reflect on these mistakes and learn from them. For this assignment I will be discussing my own past, revisiting bad memories and reflecting on some of my mistakes.

I am the recipient of three baptisms; first as a child, second as a young adult and last as a mother. I became a member of the Methodist church as a young child. It was what was expected of me, to unite and become a member of our church. But, my doing so went beyond the expected; I joined the church, and was baptized because I knew Jesus had a calling on my life. Baptism was different to me because it confirmed my special place as God’s chosen one. I had always thought that I had a special mission for God, and I had to be baptized in order to do complete my task. My baptism as a child made me feel special and complete.