Over the last eighteen years in my life, I have had many things happen to me that would be defined as something that is very important, maybe even life altering. Of course, everyone has these moments. Not everyone will have the same one, but some may have some similarities. I can recall one event in particular that has altered my life drastically. This event is one that I will never be ashamed of sharing with people because I am proud of it. As a matter of fact, I take pride in sharing this story with anyone I can. It is a story that I hope can spread throughout the population and change lives because it isn't something that can just happen to me, it can happen to anyone. I am going to share my experience of the day that I accepted Jesus Christ …show more content…
Sunday morning, Sunday night, midweek services, or any other event that would be going on with the church. Whether I wanted to be there or not, I was going to be there. At that time I thought it was just a huge waste of time because I wasn't going to get anything out of it if I didn't have the right attitude in being there. It would show physically on me and I would usually get in trouble for being mad or pouting. I eventually learned that even if I was mad or upset about being there that I should at least act like I enjoyed being there. This was around the time that I was too young to really sit still in church and pay attention, so a lot of times I would usually bring some kind of toy car to play with or some small army action figures to pass my time while sitting through church. I was also a big drawer. I wasn't very good at it but I would always sit in the floor and lean up against the church pew and draw on my oversized notepad until it was time to leave. I could tell as I grew older that my mom would start giving me fewer things every trip to church because she was trying to eventually get me to sit in the pew and listen to the preaching. This at first upset me of course, but as I was maturing I would start to appreciate what was
What is religion? Each person’s definition of religion is different. Each person’s faith is different. This is a question that has been asked for centuries, and regardless of the answer given there is no right or wrong answer. Religion can be defined as a group of people who have shared beliefs who feel their life has purpose or meaning. This feeling or belief that their life has meaning can come from outside of themselves, as well as within. Taking this one step further, these shared beliefs put into action in the form of worship, can be easily identified because they happen regularly. It can be said the Primal religions were in fact not religions. Some may argue Confucianism is not a religion. Others may say Taoism is not a religion. However, one argument can be made. All three of these “religions” share “features.” Huston Smith, author of World’s Religions, says “six features of religion appear so regularly as to suggest that their seeds are in the human makeup.” These six features discussed in World’s Religions are as follows: authority, ritual, explanation, tradition, grace, and mystery (World’s, Page 67). First is authority, Smith argues religion is so complex that people will need assistance or guidance from those held in a higher light, or of a higher authority. Next is ritual, which can be happy (a wedding) or sad (a funeral), rituals are shared between people of the same religion in many forms as a sign of common beliefs. Following rituals, some explanation is required. Many of a religion’s followers ask for explanations, some ask, “What is my purpose in life?” Others may ask, “Who is God?” Depending on one’s religion, the questions or
A person does not experience many events that shape their life in a large way, whether it be for better or worse. I have had just one major situation that has sculpted me into the person that I am today. In February of 2008, I was diagnosed with a life changing disease; it would relieve me of the agony I had been experiencing for as long as I could remember, but also restrict my diet for the rest of my life.
On January 25, 1963, the world was blessed with an extraordinary child who will provide gifts of strength and love to all he touches. This miraculous creature is none other than my father, Jemeamlouis Phillipaiya. He was born at Jaffna Teaching Hospital in Jaffna, Sri Lanka and he lived there for his whole life before deciding to move to Canada in 1990. As a child he mainly helped his family with the farm and housework, along with focusing on his studies. In his free time, he would fly kites and play soccer with his friends.
I began at this time to revere religion rather than resent it. I started going to weekly youth group meetings where I met kids my age who shared my beliefs and wanted to talk about it as well as have a really, really good time. I also met Mike Stafford, the youth minister at my parish, who has already impacted me profoundly. I started to pay attention during church. I signed up to become an altar server, and have recently signed up to be an usher and reader as well.
However, my whole life perspective altered on one ordinary Sunday. The day I accepted Christ as my Savior changed my spiritual outlook and family relationships. After the morning service, we arrived at Olive Garden with my family and the preacher. My dad and grandma wanted to talk to me about my behavior before we went inside.
An Event which changed my life, well when, I think back on my life there’s
An event that has shaped my life, is when the series of terrorist attacks happened in the United States on September 11, 2001. This event has shaped my life because it put my family in an emotional state. The attack was brutal but it was also very devastating to my family. On that day we lost a love one, a best friend, a godfather, and an overall amazing person.
During my seventh grade year, my church went to a youth rally at a local church on weekend. Because of this rally and the message it sent, I realized and wanted to give my life to Jesus through baptism. It was awesome, I got home as a young teenager and actually talked to my mom about what it really means to be a Christian and to pick up your cross and follow him. So that very next weekend, my dad baptized me in front of the whole church on Sunday morning. It was an awesome feeling knowing that because of Jesus’ grace and mercy, I will be with him one day and spend eternity with him. Although I was on top of the world at this point, I still didn’t know fully what I had gotten into. So the next few years, I live the typical Christian life. I was trying to be the perfect person by doing the right stuff, I would try not to cuss, I would try to wear as many WWJD bracelets as I could so that I wouldn’t have to talk to them about Christ and they could just see it on my wrist, I would not join in on conversations with my friends that I knew were not right, I was just living life on cruise control.
Has an event or experience ever changed your life or even changed you as a person? I have had a few experiences that have changed me as a person but, there has been one in particular that has really changed me. My main experience is when my siblings have left for the Army. This experience has really shaped and changed me as a person and taught me a lot because all three of my siblings have left.
I exist within a thriving community of Muslims. My religion is the most important thing to me, always providing structure to my life. It has influenced many of my principles- I have been taught to be respectful, be kind to others and help people out, not waste food, be thankful for everything I have- making them more prominent in my life. I know the value of what I have and appreciate everything around me.
The moment my life changed… I had a dreadful day at school worrying about my dad going to hospital and I was right to be worried. I arrived home and knew instantly something was wrong. Seeing my mum sobbing hysterically made me feel sick to my stomach, my hands started sweating, I could feel the hairs stand-up on the back of my neck. She said the dreaded C word, which was used by my mother as a code name for cancer, and I knew then my life had changed forever.
At age 14, my mom decided it was time to do my first year of confirmation. Never have I been the religious type of girl. I would mostly get in trouble for affiliating myself with the wrong crowd my freshman year of high school. Nothing too serious, back then sneaking out of the house and going to parties didn’t seem like such a big deal to me. However, my mom didn’t think this otherwise.
Many years ago when I was a freshman in high school, an event happened to me that changed my life for the better. My friend invited me to go hiking with him and his sister. He was going to go hiking in Yosemite. The following day I prepared myself mentally and physically in order to accomplish this hike.
Growing up my family and I would never go to church; we lived in our own little world. We were
The definition of religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods(Merriam-Webster). After this semester I have come to realize that religion is a much more advanced, complicated, and personal definition. Religion can’t be defined in one word or one term because there is a lot that religion entails. There really is no concrete answer of what religion is and the definition varies among different groups of people and individuals.