College Admissions Essay: A Turning Point

Every day, every one, in the world goes through a challenge, big or small. They affect and impact us significantly. They change the way we think, love, act, and approach or do things. Challenges either frighten or motivate us, but they are what make us the person we are today.

The word of God has brought me through some of the most difficult times in my life. Almost three years ago now, my family suffered a great loss. It really affected me. There was a point in time when I let the pain and guilt of that tragedy eat me up. God brought me out of that dark place I was in and He made my faith stronger. God revealed to me that He has a greater plan. Today, looking back I see how God used that tragedy to help grow my faith in the midst of the hurt. Now I can talk to and be there for people who go through the same thing. Where we are in life, when we are in God’s will, is exactly where we need to be!

I have struggled with things I didn’t know how to overcome and had to leave in the hands of God. I had to put my trust in God when my great aunt had to have emergency surgery. She is ninety years old and the doctors didn’t think she would be strong enough to recover, but she recovered faster than they would expect a heathy, young person to.

I began to accompany my mom when she went to pray for family friends, and also when she would go volunteer at events that took place at our church. I met different people from diverse backgrounds who had gone through different tragedies. Through prayers people who had lost a loved a one, or lost hope in bad situation in life had gained new hope once again. It was a beautiful thing to see others experience. We were all so different, but yet so similar when it came to our faith in God. That same faith has helped maintain a positive mentality, and always look towards the bright side in difficult situations within my communities. That faith has become an important part of who I am today. It has helped me immerse myself into trying new things such as helping people and becoming an involved member within my

The turmoil of life brought me down many hard paths from which I never fully recovered, until I met Jesus Christ. I could see that I was ending up in the wrong place, and I did not know how to get out of it. I had not been faithful to what was in my heart. I knew I was missing something. I knew I was missing Christ.

If someone asked me where I am going to be in ten years, this would be my answer. I will have a great, high-paying job, and beautiful wife and family, and a nice sports car parked in front of my lovely house. When I look into the future, I see myself being successful and happy. Even though I always pictured myself this way, I never worried too much about how I would get there. I feel the Suffolk University can lay the groundwork for making these dreams into reality.

out all the heartaches and storms i have been through.I still standing on the LORD

Christ has always been apart of my life. The only issue was I didn’t quite understand what it meant to trust him completely as my lord and savior. As long as i can remember my parents had me going to church at ccv and i attended many church camps . When i started to get older i got involved in club sports which took up lot of my time where i couldn't fit church in my life anymore. When i started 9th grade i had a friend named Makensie and she kept bugging me yo go to church again however i didn't want to because i was scared to go back. After awhile of her begging me i went and realized what i was missing and attended church camp that year. I loved it but i still didn't understand what it meant to give my life to him. As time went on i still continued to go to church every weekend.

There were times that I will doubt that God will come through for me, because I thought, he forgot about me. I was mentally abused, cheated on, have an Autistic child, scared of life, trusted no one, and I thought that was my guide of life. Not realizing all that was doing was destroying me. The more I thought about what had happened the bitter I got, and I was living it every day of my life. I will take it out on people, tell anyone off, and not trust a single soul, not realizing again that I was closing the doors that God wanted to

I remember my parents calling my name. The names of my brothers soon followed. We were all called into the bedroom. I remember them saying, “Sit down, we have something we need to talk about”. I remember my dad telling me that things weren't working out. I still remember his exact words, “your mom and I are getting a divorce.” I didn’t know what to say or do or even what to think. I was in shock. I remember the tears on my mom's face. My mind finally caught up. I began to process things. That's is the moment when I became really close to God.

     A term that I learned in my junior year from Mr. Donahue was being “buddy-buddy” with Jesus. This meant that in times of crisis and need, you would run to Him and ask for His help and be with Him until the crisis or situation was over. It seemed that I was becoming that way and I never knew it. It all started when my mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer. I would find myself praying to God each and every night for a good twenty minutes praying that she would be back on her feet and doing her job of being my mother. As time passed a miracle occurred and today she is well and healthy and she is back to her normal self. I thanked God that she was still alive and then forgot my need for God. Then it was sometime before another crisis occurred and I would go back to God. This time it was my father’s heart attack. I had just returned from a camping trip and came home to my mother telling me that my dad was in the hospital. Again, I would become “buddy-buddy” with God and prayed that the event would have a happy ending. After his heart attack, everything returned to normal and life went

As I reflect on the events that make up the past 48 years, I realize that God had anticipated my cries and was always ready for me to let go of my problems or emptiness and rely on Him solely for deliverance. “And call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you and you will honor me” (Psalm 50:15, New International Version). What I did not realize, was my focus for the most part was on my troubles and failures. I had allowed myself to deeply sulk in the fact that God was not around and didn’t care and hence the troubles in

God is always with us, and Jesus’s Love is Beautiful & Graceful: Holy Spirit is Transforming Continually.

Many times in our life, we felt down, depressed, and it seems that nothing goes right, and we ended up thinking and asking ourselves, “Where is My God?” the one who promised me with abundant blessings and gifts? The one who vowed to love me for eternity? And the one who said, “I will never leave you, my child, for I had loved you before the day your mother beget you.” We tend to lose faith, turn our backs to Him and be drowned with the miserieswe are into, for there was no voice, we pray a river but there were no answers, we cry for signs but there’s no remedy He offers, it seems like the pain is endless and trials are infinite.We limit ourselves with our own box, forgetting that our God is eternal and problems were just temporary, that our God is bigger than any storms that may come-up to life. For God is great, God is good, righteous and always have His own “perfect timing”.

My belief in God has alway been very strong. This last summer my youth group from church and I went on a service trip to Lexington, South Carolina. Through this experience I firmly believe that my actions and the help of others that I grew in my relationship with God immensely. It not only changed me emotionally, but spiritually as well. I developed more as a person, feeling that I now fit in in the world and in my normal life in Dubuque. From the 4 A.M. wake up to leave, till the 11:45 P.M. arrival time back in Dubuque, the events that happened during the trip would truly show and develop who I am.