Personal Narrative: The Spirit World

To say my faith life has been completely revamped in the last year would be an understatement. I had views and ideas about faith that seem somewhat vile to me know with the experiences I’ve had. From just lectures to the retreats my spiritual side has gone from that of a holiday catholic to a Campus Ministry Student. From little things to big ethic topics I’ve changed in a multitude of ways, my Spiritual Autobiography looks like looks like someone else wrote it compared to any year before it. I think faith is one of the most important aspects of our life and it took me until last year to realize it.

This weekend, I did not follow any rules of what a normal weekend should be like, instead I broke away and stayed in the blissful comfort of my home. I woke up Saturday morning and decided that I don’t have to go run today, I can go shopping next weekend, and I don’t really need to go see anyone. So I completely put off my “Spirit Week” shopping, and I completely avoided working out. So, I sat in my bed that morning and soaked up the sunshine glimmering through my window, and I listened to the soft chirping of the birds outside. As I laid on a mountain of pillows I started to think. Weekends aren’t what they used to be. Why should I have to leave this peaceful place to rush around and get stuff done? I already spend the entire week going to

I think that is an excellent thought, Lindsey. When I first read this that is what I thought as well. Whenever Ada begins to let Susan love her, and whenever Susan starts to show more affection Ada lashes out. I think that Ada lashes out because she feels like she is not deserving of love, and she is not deserving of nice things. This just tears me up inside when a person does not feel like they are worth being loved. The amount of damage that Ada has suffered is almost irreversible now and I think Susan is starting to realize that this will not be an easy fix. I am honestly surprised at how normal Jamie is because even though he was not the one who was abused, he witnessed the abuse. I am glad that he has not lost his trust in people. This

NYPD Standard Operational Procedure when anyone is transferred: The next day they must report in civilian attire to Health Services Division to take a Drug Screening Test. I was fuming about this involuntary transfer to Internal Affairs in the elevator when it reached the eight floor. Not familiar with Health Services Division, preoccupied by still really being pissed off, I followed a small group into a meeting room with about twenty seats. As I sat down I suddenly noticed these guys didn’t really look like cops. When one of these weird individuals said to me “I ain’t crazy, no matter what they say, I wanna be a cop and I wanna a gun.” I was momentarily confused.

On October 13th I attended “communicating With Spirit With Jamie Butler” at the CSUSB Cross Cultural Center. I chose to attend this event for the reason that, I thought it would be interesting and I had never been to any kind of spiritual event before.

This is part of my testimony. And it is part of a letter I wrOTE back in December 2005--a month before we were invited to the Salvation Army Church for the first time by our friends Doris and Efrain. “Our church has been closed and we don’t have a church to congregate. Now I am depending on what the Holy Spirit wants for us. I am waiting for Him to tell us where we will be meeting and continue doing his work. Nelson and I know that we tried to do the best we could with the strength that the Lord gave us. It has been a very enjoyable experience and I know that the work in the Lord is not in vain. “While meditating in my years after accepting Jesus Christ as my lORD AND Savior, the following are my lessons learned: 1)I realized that I had been

31.50% of the world is Christian. 22.32% of the world is Islamic. 0.20% of the world is Judaic. 13.95% of the world is Hindu. 5.25% of the world is Buddhist. 15.35% of the world is secular, nonreligious, agnostic, or atheist. 10.58% of the world is made up of other religions. I am among the 15.35% of the world that is secular, nonreligious, agnostic, or atheist. However, I identify as a religion called LaVeyan Satanism, which sprung up into our world on Walpurgisnacht in 1966 and was birthed by Anton Szandor LaVey.

I was raised in a community where the Church has a relatively limited presence. In my high school of over 1500 students, only five are active members. The vast majority of my peers do not share my values and standards, and several even vocally oppose my lifestyle as a Latter-Day Saint. Because of this, I have needed to gain a strong testimony of the gospel in order to make my actions consistent with what I know to be the truth. For me, regular church attendance, daily scripture reading, and early morning seminary are all absolute necessities. If any of these areas are lacking, the Spirit is less present and I am less joyful.

After writing the personal awareness paper I learned about who I actually am. I also learned more about Gods purpose for me and the path in which is in front of me.

I woke up from my slumber in a darkened haze. My hands clutched empty bed sheets, making me jolt upright in a sudden memorization that I didn't fall asleep in my room. In fact, I fell asleep on the couch in the living room if I remembered correctly.

Throughout my life i have realised that what i believe in isn't so much that humans are capable of many great things, but more so that they can be incredibly heartless people and aren't always who they seem. This also goes along with my other belief that life is unforgiving and that no matter what you think or hope for, you can't change what happens. You can only change how you react to it. It's been a long journey to come to this realisation. But it was worth every step of the way.

One dark, gloomy morning, in the fall of 2016, I faced a situation that I had always feared. Since we lived in Newhope, Arkansas, I thought nothing inadequate could ever happen there. In this particular occurrence, I was completely terrified out of my wits.

“Are you convinced that allowing God to drive is best? If so, I challenge you to let God

I remember in the early hours on May 2, 2014, I woke up with a little voice inside my head telling me repeatedly to paint the vision that I witnessed back in 1997. I wasn’t at all convinced that I could accomplish this task, considering that I had failed in the past, yet the voice never ceased until the moment I snatched up a large canvas and began to paint.

Matters of Faith offers music, a message and sometimes a guest speaker. It is a place for many people to come together and hear not only about their own religion but to hear about other religions as well. These are the reasons that intrigued me to see what Matters of Faith was really all about.