“ ‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and hope. ‘Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.” (Jeremiah 29:11-12). All my life, I’ve been surrounded by students who have never discovered their purpose in life. They have either come from immigrant families or wealthy backgrounds, however, they expect to someday have a goal to achieve. I come from a poor and complex society in Guatemala. I came to this country knowing that I had a specific purpose and mission to complete someday, but what? I was looking for an interesting book to read over the next four weeks in fourth grade, I found a big, thin book that read ‘Planets by …show more content…
From then on, I’ve decided to discipline myself and give my greatest effort to my education. At the same time, I sacrifice sleep and fun time only to satisfy myself with a deep study or completed assignments. Although I have good academic level and willing to accept challenges, I am not a perfect student because I’ve failed from the desire to achieve more. I took two AP courses and Calculus during my sophomore and junior years, eventually especting a learning growth. Nevertheless, my expectations were never met and rather lowered my stamina and courage in STEM. Giving up my dream and desire to reach for the stars was primarily in mind when beginning senior year. Though learning about how Dorothy Vaughan fought to fit in a position to become NASA’s first African American female worker in computing, and Mary Jackson that fought for segregation and gender bias barriers in order to become NASA’s first American female engineer, had questioned and reminded me about what is my mission in this world? Deuteronomy 31:6 reads, “Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with
Christian education is for this project. Christian education is the training of special agents of the kingdom of God and the consummation of creation.” (pg.139) I found it fascinating that Plantinga describes ‘us’ within the Christian education system are called or elected to help God regain and restore His earth here with Christ. We have to remember, “no matter what our primary occupation we cannot let it become a preoccupation.” Plantinga helped me to reflect on my current life, my current job, and my current Christian education. I found that when we let these other aspects of our lives, whether it be bills, work or exams, we often allow reality to fade into the background. Or perhaps we could look at it this way: Our lives get so busy and hectic that we tend to put God on the back burner. Christian education whether in a university or biblical studies at home will give us guidance through our hectic lives, renewing our minds and keep us in close connection with our Creator and the rest of His Creation. Plantinga sums up Christian education as “for the kingdom of God. It equips us to be agents of the kingdom, models of the kingdom in our own lives and communities, witnesses to the kingdom wherever we go in the world.” (pg.143) When we ‘put on the full armor of God’ we not only protect ourselves from this fallen world but we are also able to project God’s glory to all those who we encounter.
I was born in Guatemala in a city called, called Guatemala City. Life in Guatemala is hard which is why my parents brought me into the United States when I was eight months old. Some of the things that makes life in Guatemala hard is the violence. However, Guatemala has plenty of hard working men, women, and children who usually get forced to begin working as soon as they are able to walk. However, unlike many other countries, Guatemala has a huge crime rate. I care about the innocent hard working people that live in Guatemala and receive letters, threatening to be killed if they do not pay a certain amount of money at a certain amount of time.
As my high school career ends, I notice increasingly how much life that I have yet to live and the opportunities available to me in the years ahead. The past four years have been great preparation for my future endeavors, but college is the path leading to my full potential. In order to reach the end of this path, I utilize my most valuable trait—determination—to set short and long-term goals and achieve them. It is with this “can do” spirit—like the one my grandpa, a former Navy Seabee, evinces through his stories—that I have set my personal goals: to volunteer my time in service to others, further develop leadership skills through experiential learning, and excel at my school work no matter how challenging it may seem. Though these may be difficult to maintain, I have faith that my optimistic attitude will enable me to prevail over the challenges I am certain to face.
During my early education, meaning elementary school and middle school, I was a very average student. I gave an average amount of effort to my grades, and I received above average results. This did not bother me, until the end of my 8th-grade year. At this point in the year, I was filling out what classes I desired to take the following year, my freshman year. I realized that from this point forward, I had to take my education much more serious, in order to get accepted to whichever college I desired. therefore, when planning my classes, I decided to challenge myself more than I ever have in the past, and take multiple honors courses. I assumed because of my grades, that I had what it took to be an honors-level student, but I was very wrong. One teacher, Mrs. Johnson, made me realize the kind of effort, time and energy needed to be devoted to my education.
My story began on a cool summer’s night twenty short years ago. From my earliest memory, I recall my father’s disdain for pursuing education. “Quit school and get a job” was his motto. My mother, in contrast, valued education, but she would never put pressure on anyone: a sixty-five was passing, and there was no motivation to do better. As a child, my uncle was my major role-model. He was a living example of how one could strive for greatness with a proper education and hard work. At this tender age of seven, I knew little about how I would achieve my goals, but I knew that education and hard work were going to be valuable. However, all of my youthful fantasies for broader horizons vanished like smoke when school began.
Starting back at the very beginning of this process is the most dangerous aspect of this entire process we follow to gain a worldview. In today’s society there is a variety of versions of “God.” Depending on which God you believe in, your community and culture could be very far fetched from what the truth is. The overlying theme behind every formation that coincides with any worldview can be asked in one question. What is the purpose of my life? As Christians, we should be involved in society’s version of “popular culture.” We are called in the Bible to be the salt of the world, as the salt we shouldn’t be merely consuming the culture in which we live in, we should be part of it, adding everything we can.
My experience in Guatemala was one of a kind. I remember it vividly and to the last detail. I traveled with my two older sisters, Rebeca and Jennifer. We traveled in the summer time June 2016. We arrived and met up with some of my family that lives there. The things I remember the most from the trip were the sights, the people and their culture. It was a shock on my entire body when I arrived everything felt like it was completely different
I knew I wanted to pursue science, but I wanted to help people as well. I wanted to help people who couldn’t help themselves. I wanted to help those less who didn’t have my luck in the world. During my senior year in high school I helped at the Vannie Cook Hematology Center, seeing those kids made me realize that I could help them. I was aware that I could grow up to change their life. There I realized- I knew I wanted to make a difference for those people, and people who suffer similar faiths. My junior year I changed my cluster to Health Sciences. I never changed it again. In fact, on the next 10 years, I hope to attend Medical
In this first part of this paper I will be explaining my worldview. There are three influences I will focus on to give an in depth look at how I came to my worldview. The three influences are religion, family, and my career choice. I think the biggest part of my worldview comes from my religion so I will start with that. I am a Christian and with that comes certain beliefs. Those beliefs lead my life daily and contribute to my worldview. One those beliefs is to spread his word. God’s word is such an important part to look at because it gives a framework to guide my life in every aspect. The Bible is filled with commandments, stories, and scripture that reference to how to look at life from a moral, social, and personal standpoint. We can actually begin to see the purpose for our through the word as well. Life’s purpose, according to the Bible, is for God’s glory. We are supposed to praise, worship, proclaim him, and follow his will. “Everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, even whom I have made,” (Isaiah 43:7) I like this verse because I feel like it reminds me of what God has done for me. From that ...
but now some of us are doing Calculus and writing essay’s 4-6 pages long. In essence’ we have come a long way. But, how did we get here? Did we get here by doing hard work and hoping for the best, well, a little bit, but in all actuality, we got here by grace. In Jeremiah 29:11 the bible says “ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
“Dreamers of the day come into their own and stay on course when they follow the calling of Christ” (Guinness, pp. 98-99). Every individual is taken on his or her own life journey. We sometimes try to direct our own paths by following our ambitions, hopes, and dreams, but the most fulfilling way to go throughout life is to follow the calling of Christ. Each of us has a calling unique to us leading us to live different lifestyles. Our paths may be different, but our mission is the same. We are firstly, above all, called to be followers of Christ. My “second calling” is to positively influence the lives of teens by using my spiritual gifts, education, and experience in the field of psychology.
First and foremost, I never envisioned that going on an alternative winter break trip to Guatemala would cause me to alter my outlook on the world. Originally I signed up for the trip to be involved in mission work as well as experiencing a foreign country for the first time. I also signed up for more selfish reasons such as being able to say that I did a mission trip in a foreign country on my resume. But this trip became more than just something to add onto a piece of paper. This trip became much more than just a service trip to me. It became an eye opener and showed me how blind I had been to the world around me and how I had become too comfortable with where my life currently was.
Only those who understand that there is purpose in life will ever be able to identify themselves of their purpose and also help other identify theirs. This quality enhances and equips anyone to face the negative encounters in
Many people go through much of their lives without really thinking about their purpose. I don't mean a lofty, philosophic, and often unrealistic purpose that has us striving to save the world or solve the challenge of poverty throughout the world (although these are both admirable for those whose true purpose is to do so). What I am talking about is the individual and unique purpose that drives and grounds us. The one thing that gives meaning to our lives and motivates us to achieve our potential.
Everyone has a purpose and a calling in life, and it is our duty to find what that