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Personal Narrative: How Christianity Changed My Life

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I was once asked the question, "If you knew with absolute certainty that someone was never going to accept Christ and be saved, would you still want to be around them just as much?" I was taken a little off guard, and found myself hesitating as I tried to figure out how I felt about it. Of course, I enjoyed being around people, but would I really still be able to put everything into a relationship and love them if I knew there was no hope for their salvation? I wrestled with the logistics of this question for a while before finally coming up with an answer that ended up changing the way I lived and functioned around people. I realized that people have worth because God made them wonderfully, whether or not they choose to accept him. This changed my entire perspective, because it took some pressure off of my relationships with non-Christians. It wasn 't that …show more content…

This made sharing the Gospel a thousand times easier because I started choosing to love each person without expectations, causing a great desire in me for them to understand what God did for them. One of the best places for me to practice this was in my school, and it was incredible to watch my entire attitude at school change. I began to view school as an opportunity and a privilege, where I could walk outside and see hundreds of young people, each with their own story and purpose, that I could get to know and love well. I learned how to prioritize people over myself, discovering that sometimes it 's worth the tardy to let someone share their heart when no one else has listened, or that hours spent perfecting my appearance in front of the mirror don 't make a difference if I can still be kind to people and let Jesus speak to them through me. I believe that my perspective coincides well with the vision of Seattle Pacific because even though I take my education seriously and work hard in that aspect, I also recognize the value in simply spending time with people and celebrating them for who they are in Christ 's

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