Until very recently my relationship with God was not an intimate friendship. I believed in God as my creator and Jesus as my savior. I went to religious run schools all my life. I learned all about my religion and could recite everything to you from memory. My relationship however was nothing more than the knowing of facts and accepting that some non-provable truths existed.When I was in my senior year, I experienced a senior class religious retreat. It was a 4 day retreat that gave us time to become enlightened and understand spirituality. I gained a lot of insight about humility, humbleness, leadership, and self-knowledge. I still had not, however, came into contact with God as person. I then had my first experience outside my realm of knowledge. I went to school at the University of Tampa. I was not ready in maturity, responsibility, or spirituality. If there was anything I could do wrong, I did it in my tenure at the school. I had not developed enough to handle the situation.I came home after my 1 and 1/2 years at Tampa. My parents always supported me, but they explained to me that I had to get my life in order. I spent a lot of time thinking and talking with God. I started attending church again. After a lot of inner struggle and help from God, I was able to get myself back to the point of knowing what I want. In my life I want to be a great many things. Most of them, however, are not possible without finishing my college education. I am enrolled now at community college. I am taking an 18 credit course load. At Midterm break I have A’s in all my classes. I graduated from one of the top prep schools in the country with a 3.6 gpa and scored a 1240 of my SATs. I know that academically I can and will handle myself at this school. I can bring different ideas and different ways of doing things into every classroom. Spiritually I feel prepared for the rest of my life. During weak and strong times I know God will help me...
