College Admissions Essay: Why I Am Nothing Without God

A strong family life, faith, and ambition characterize my development. A lot of who I am now can be attributed to the manner in which my parents raised me. I grew up in a devout Mormon household, so from a young age my parents instilled values of love, honesty, and kindness.

I think that that both nature and nurture play an important role and the way a person turns out. It can either have a positive impact on the individual or a negative

     Throughout my childhood, I didn't grow up free of environmental influences nor did I develop without being affected by my inherited genetic makeup. I think

I am planning to tryout for JV soccer this fall. Although I have been playing soccer for 6 years, there aren’t very many slots open and there are some really good players who are planning to tryout. Succeeding in this goal will require me to be physically fit and to improve and broaden my soccer skills. I will need God’s mercy for the motivation and persistence to eat right, train hard, and work on my skills. With God’s mercy, I will be able to do my best at tryouts and accept the outcome, whether it’s good or bad.

I have been fortunate to have strong, loving parents that have taught me, along with my Christian faith,

My parents are the reason I have been sheltered my entire life. Despite their desire to protect me, all I have ever wanted was to experience cultures outside of my own. My heart longs to travel, and help others outside of my methodical reach, including outside of my country. I've had the dream to travel to London since kindergarten. My best friend and I used to sit in our rooms planning our trip that we would one day take. As far as missions go, I have been supplicating my parents to let me attend since eight grade. Every trip presented to my grade I have asked, and have been denied the opportunity. My heart is fervent to help those outside my country and I dream of it and aspire to do so one day.

I have not always been a Christian, growing up in an isolated part of Tennessee were families lived apart from each other, Jesus was not a household name that was spoken of. We didn’t pray or nor did I see my parents pray. This became a resonating tradition in my life. Though I was very close to my mother and really didn’t interact with others, it created in my mind an introverted person. This created a covering of my feelings and started me on a downward fall in my life. Our family didn’t go to church, so it became a part of my belief system, so I continued to live my life as if nothing else matters outside of my family. I was gifted in many things, but I drew to my talent of Basketball and focused totally on it. The adrenaline and desire

The foundation of attending awanas, middle and high school ministry at church help prepare me for the various challenges I have faced in high school. When I was freshman I made the girls varsity basketball team. I was so excited and grateful that I made the varsity team. But when basketball season started I didn’t have a lot of playing time as the my other teammates. Throughout my freshman and sophomore year I was extremely frustrated because I didn’t understand why I wasn’t playing that much. I went to practice all the time, had good sportsmanship, and gave my all when I was in put in the game. I notice some of my teammates will skip practice , do drugs, and get bad grades. And was still allowed to play. I was very upset and angry at everyone. While, I was dealing with issues on my basketball team by grandpa health started to declined. He was diagnosed with cancer a couples years earlier. Toward the end of 2013 he started chemotherapy. However, his cancer started to spread more rapidly and the doctors couldn’t do anything. My grandpa passed away my freshman year towards the end of my basketball season. When he passed away I felt like my life was crumbling down. My family and I took his death hard. He was the second man in my life that I looked up to. I remember him being so proud of me when I started playing basketball. He always encouraged me to work hard on and off the court no matter what. But the most important lesson my grandpa taught me was to have trust and faith in God. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight” (New International Version, Prov 3.5). Furthermore, the way he lived his life was a great example of how God will bless your life when you live it for him. After, his death I begin to trust in God more. I realize that I can’t stress

People argue about what develops a person: is it the environment or their genetic makeup that make someone who they are? I agree with the former. It is the experiences that cause a person to change; it is the experiences that a person learns what they seek; it is the experiences that teach a person about life. The death of my father and the ensuing financial instability is the environment I developed in and ultimately drove me to be who I am today.

According to Systems theory: all elements of our environment impact who we are as individuals and families (Family Systems, 2015). Being raised in a middle class family by caring parents has had the greatest influence on who I am today. My family was considered middle class, but with five children sometimes things were tight and we went without. This economic hardship has influenced me to still be hardworking and thrifty, as I have two jobs, and only purchase items that are discounted in some way. It has also caused me to be creative as there was no money for games and few toys. Even though I would later disagree with distinct family

Both my parents worked extremely hard to allow us to have the amazing lifestyle we have today and to show the amazing things that God has done for us in our lives. For as long as I can remember I was taught the Catholic way from my parents and have been in private catholic school all my life. I learned everyday about God from Pre-k 4 to eighth grade from my old catholic school, St. Bonaventure Catholic School. My parents and my education at St. Bonaventure allowed me to have a stronger connection to God and to have a better understanding of my faith. God was, and still is a major influence in my life, and that's how it was for me at my years at St. Bonaventure Catholic

This year my relationship with God grew in such amazing ways! One of these ways was giving things to God in times of trials. At the beginning of the year I would get anxious a lot about getting my work done. I’d also think that if I didn’t get it done than my teachers would either yell at me or I would get embarrassed by them. When I got anxious

I have been blessed by God through out my life. I have never been on unemployment or any other kind of assistance program. He has equipped me with a good career path to provide for my family as well.

He is unaware, or He is too old and inept to function alone and needs you to watch Him as you would someone disabled. If you believe every hair on your head is counted and God knows when the sparrow falls to the ground, you must also know God is aware of everyone's plight and condition. He does not need you to tell Him what to do; such is demeaning to the Creator. Rather than praying for someone's healing, you should pray the person is filled with strength to overcome adversity. Never should you pray to receive anything in your life except strength to overcome adversities. The gifts you should pray to receive is the wisdom to ask for what God has chosen for you to receive. The blessing you need from God is to know how He wants you to serve Him. Everything else will follow.

I can find I am good at and a wider knowledge of subjects and skills