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I am a christian. I have been for many years, although I haven’t always been a good christian. I am still learning every day, how to be a better disciple.

When I was younger, I had my struggles with god, and with the bible. As I think many youth go through. Part of my struggle was the churches I would visit with friends, they were very demanding, and very pushy. I always felt like that couldn’t be right, I just felt in my heart that a god wouldn’t be pushy. and what I’ve learned over the last few years is that I was right. God wont force you to choose him, he wants you to choose him. He wants you to willingly surrender yourself to him.

I am so very thankful to be on this path. I am learning more about god every day and I am growing in my faith every day.

My family started to go back to church during covid, and it was amazing. Everything in our life started falling into place, good things were happening, we were happy. Until we once again made the choice to put our wants and ambition first. Masked by the knowledge that we were doing good for the community. We quit going to church because we were just to busy, and we had no time for god. That sounds insaine to say right now. “no time for god”. WOW, we did that.

Letting go is not easy, but that is exactly what we are working on, letting go of the things in our life that get in the way of our relationship with God.

I can remember that I had promised the lord that when I returned to youth cheer I was going to put God at the forefront of every practice. I did not, and instead I grew further and further from him.

I will not do that this time. I am going to spend more time in prayer, and more time spreading his word. I don’t know how much longer I am going to be in the school system, but for whatever amount of time that may be, I want these students to know that I KNOW GOD.