https://padlet.com/eunicekang21/9gykdxgwyaoy Religion 1- Final Exam en-us 2017-12-19 18:37:56 UTC 2024-07-15 22:48:24 UTC hello@padlet.com eunicekang21 https://padlet.com/eunicekang21/9gykdxgwyaoy/wish/217338734 Jeremiah 29:11-13
"¹¹ 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. ¹² Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. ¹³ You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."]]> 2017-12-19 18:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/eunicekang21/9gykdxgwyaoy/wish/217338734 eunicekang21 https://padlet.com/eunicekang21/9gykdxgwyaoy/wish/217341185      I believe that through this semester, my faith has immensely grown as I have received many opportunities to find my faith both inside and outside of school. To be more specific, I think my faith has been a rollercoaster. I recently got baptized, and the baptism was my choice. I knew that as a freshman in high school I want to end up truly finding my faith, who I am, and my values. Therefore, as I was baptized I knew it was the right choice as it would lead me to find my faith in God along with finding who I am as a Christian. However, when my pastor began asking me questions about my faith, I felt as if I hadn't put enough trust in God. I was questioning God with logic, and I realized I had trouble realizing that God is my savior. Although, I did have an "in my heart feeling" where I was sure I wanted to go through my Baptism. I believe I had that "in my heart feeling" because, through this past year, I had gone through many life changes that were mostly negative, but whenever I prayed to God, he gave me an answer. To add, because I knew my essential truth was true, I knew that though there was some doubt my faith in God, there was a lot more trust than doubt in him. So, as I trusted in those verses, I was able to find a resolution in my faith path. Ultimately, due to the fact that I always kept the idea that God has a plan for me, I wanted to trust in that and confirm my faith as a Christian. 
      As I am part of the FSHA community, I have learned that I have grown in a healthy and protective environment. At my past school, I truly was unhappy every single day. I hated waking up to go to school because I knew I would have to face the people that I thought were my friends but were actually my bullies. I always questioned if it was the right school for me, or if I could see myself as a senior graduating from here. I honestly could not. So, because of the situation, I was in, my mom wanted me to apply to two private high schools. It was a long few months of staying at my old school. I believe that for a while, I really didn't believe that I would even get accepted to a school because going to a new school was the last thing on my mind as I worried about so many things that were happening that present time. However, when the day came, I was accepted into FSHA. From there, I began questioning again if it would be the right school for me. However, one day, at church, my pastor gave me a piece of paper that had Jeremiah 29:11-13 printed on it. It was as if God has answered me. I was in a conflicted state, but as I read that, I was sure that I wanted to change schools and follow his plan. Moving on, since the first day of school until now, I felt like FSHA has provided me an abundance amount of experience to grow. Therefore, as a student at FSHA, I have grown to know many of my values, my fears, my goals, and my inspirations. One value that I learned at FSHA is now highly important to me. It is finding the right friends who truly want to support me as I truly want to support them. I have learned that being the most popular shouldn't be a goal as a high schooler. So, personally, I think that I have been able to see who true friends are by the way they treat me. Next, a personal goal of mine was slowly accumulated over this semester. My goal is to be able to balance my home time with my school time. I have learned that I tend to stress so much about school and grades to make my mom less stressed about me, that I forget to spend time with my family. Therefore, as I have gone through this semester, I have made a personal goal to make more time for my family. A personal inspiration to me is Vivian Helvajian. Every day, she always holds the biggest smile on her face. Personally, I lack in the field of seeing more good than the bad. However, I feel as if Vivian always sees the good in each situation, each person, and in general everyday life. In all, the way I found out all these little aspects about me, and the way I had grown personally this semester was all due to the fact that I held the verses close to my heart that God has a plan for me. Due to the fact that I trusted his plan in attending FSHA, I have grown to see who I personally am as FSHA has supplied me with multiple varieties of experience.
      Before school had started, we were required to read Tattoos on the Heart. I dreaded the fact that I would have to handle summer reading during summer. However, as I dissected the book, I saw the main idea. I saw compassion all throughout the book. I knew that there were many ways for me to grow as a person. So, I applied compassion as much as I could throughout this semester, and I made friends who I would never have thought to be close with at the start of the year. Through making new friends, they have supported me in my faith journey. For example Mary, we always talk about our different religions and what we belive in. As we became closer, we did this more often. Through these conversations, I had been able to find my faith ideas. Therefore, as God lead me to come to FSHA, I realized one of the biggest advantages here was that the school supports each student into representing FIT women along with finding who they truly are. Therefore, I want to put out what I have learned from FSHA. A specific way I want to share my faith is as I go to more church mission trips. I want to portray the act of kindness, show compassion, and I want to share that God is stronger than any of us as he knows our path.
 ]]> 2017-12-19 18:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/eunicekang21/9gykdxgwyaoy/wish/217341185 eunicekang21 https://padlet.com/eunicekang21/9gykdxgwyaoy/wish/217360018 This relates to my essential truth as it also portrays the idea of putting trust in God's work. I love to listen to this song as it reassures me in my relationship with God along with showing me that I should not worry about the small things in life.
Live performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVAR85rorvU 
I have watched this video multiple times and I love the way that she puts out her passion in the song. Her passion inspires me to have a strong faith in God even if I doubt his power or plans for me. To add, the lyrics connote a feeling of empowerment and confidence. ]]> 2017-12-19 19:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/eunicekang21/9gykdxgwyaoy/wish/217360018 eunicekang21 https://padlet.com/eunicekang21/9gykdxgwyaoy/wish/217361573 As I have grown in my faith and as a person this semester, I really hope that I can grow more next semester in these aspects. As this picture shows my first mission trip to Guatemala. I realized that during that time I had just finished my summer reading of Tattoos on the Heart. And I remember that being there made me want to portray the themes of the book. Therefore, as I was there I tried to do so. So, as I go to all these new missions in the following years, I want to put in what I learned about my faith from FSHA and outside of school into those missions. Therefore, missions are a big aspect of life that I know will keep me grounded and close to God and his words. ]]> 2017-12-19 19:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/eunicekang21/9gykdxgwyaoy/wish/217361573