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Jessica Ko
Before I became a Christian I would go to church but never cared about what the teachers were saying. I didn・t worship any other gods, but I put my friends first before God. Not until grade 4 when I went to a church camp did one of the leaders help me accept God into my life. I started reading the Bible then.
Even though I accepted God into my life and started to listen more in class, I still didn・t understand the meaning of believing in God. I still did the same things I did before. But just listened more at church.
In grade 5 I moved to a Christian school but still didn・t understand what it meant. But in grade 6 a new teacher came to the school. He taught us that believing in God meant living your life for Him and trusting in Him alone. When he asked the class if we believed in God I said yes. Then he asked me why, I told him that my parents were Christians so I was a Christian too.
He said to the class that it didn・t matter if your parents were Christians, but that only if you believed in Him not if your parents did. Then he asked me a question, he asked me if God told me to run into a brick wall would I without questioning Him. Of course I said yes, but I didn・t know why he asked me. Then he told me that it was because I trusted God that I said yes not because anyone told me to.
After that I finally knew what it meant to believe in God. I was so happy. I thought everything would start working out. But my best friend and I started growing apart. We started calling each other names and just hating each other. I didn・t know what to do then.
So I started praying to God for help. It was a really rough year but I knew God was there with me the whole time. On the last day of school we started hanging out with each other and saying sorry to each other. Right then I knew that God would be there for me till the end. Right now I love God, and am thankful for everything He has given me; love and peace with people around me.
I think the greatest part about being a Christian is that when you feel unloved or lonely, you will always know that someone came into the world for you and loved you so much that they died on the cross for you in order to give you eternal life.