It hasn't been an interesting place since it's existance began, and although different people have struggled to make it an exciting place, Homestead is just Homestead. It is filled with families, from each and every race, filled with businesses, some self-owned and others corporate owned, filled with individuals with different beliefs and different ethics. On one of it's corners though, stands a tall and sturdy building, a simple place yet extravagent with meaning to people. It is a place where people worship an almighty creator, and it is this same place where a girl ended up. She had gone through so many stages of her life and on so many occasions she was led to say, "this is it for me, i simply can't live anymore"
many of her friends had told her once and once again "you must keep going, life is just too beautiful"
And on one particular morning, this girl ended up in this temple, filled with despair and suicidal thoughts, she listened as the preacher went on and on, and all the while she felt a tugging sensation in her heart, as if this was where she belonged.
The preacher went on with his sermon, giving his own testimony, saying, " there is a better way in life, although Christ doesn't directly take your problems away, He lifts the burdens from you, He'll be there when no one else will be, He's the only one we can trust in, because even when we've made soo many mistakes, He's there to pick us up again and again"
The young girls heart screamed at her, "this is what you've been looking for!!!" it seemed to keep saying.
The minister then invited anyone who wanted to accept Christ to come up front.
The girl stood up, walking away from her past, and all the while, wanting to turn around and wanting to forget it all.
She took each step as if it were her last one, and when she finally made it up front she whispered to herself, "God, I've messed up soo many times, I feel like nothing, but today I accept you as my one and only Savior, I believe that for You nothing is impossible."
At that moment her heart seemed to shatter, and that is when she finally realized what her friends had said,
"life is just too beautiful," because all along they had God in their heart as well.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Blog #1
1) Why is the topic worthy of discussion?
2) How does it directly affect you, your family, your community, peers and/or generation?
3) Include support from your article(s) that strengthens your argument.
2012 Predictions
I’ve heard more and more people talking about the year 2012, not just people within my age, but even elder people. Everyone is fearing what will become of us and the planet Earth once 2012 comes around. Honestly, I don’t believe that the end of the world will be that year, but it freeks me out to know how many people actually do. Many people are putting their faith and lives in the hand of that Mayan theory where all the planets will align and we’ll eventually explode, or something like that. It just confuses me and I fail to comprehend why people are so oblivious, and I’m pretty sure NASA feels the same way I do too. They recently launched a web resource saying that nothing would occur in 2012, stating that even if the planets were to align they would have no significant effect on us.
Koran Burning
In the smallest town of the world, Gainseville, to be exact, Pastor Terry Jones planned to burn a stack of Korans on the 9th anniversary of 9-11. It’s a huge controversy, and everyone has been talking about it. I’m a Christian myself, and I stand up for what I believe in like any other person on the face of this Earth, but I also believe that there is a limit to what we can do. I know I wouldn’t like it if a person burned something that I held sacred in my heart. I don’t ebelieve in disrespecting another religion and I wonder why so many people actually stood up for something so abominable?!!! Why can’t we all just be friends? L
Gay Rights
Homosexual rights has been a controversial issue since FOREVER!!! In some states gay marriage has been approved, such as, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire. The first state to actually recognize gay marriage was Iowa, where same-sex marriage became effective on April 24, 2009. I know everyone in this class has an opinion and a side, as for me, I don’t believe in same-sex marriage, but I know that the United States of America is a free country. I hold my beliefs close to my heart, but as I stated this is a free country, and whats the point of living in a free country where some people are prohibited to do as they wish? I mean it’s their lives not ours, so shouldn’t homosexuals be able to do what they want?
Embryonic stem cell research
We’re all humans, and being born as one, we’re meant to die one day too. Death is a stage of life that many people have different viewpoints of , many embrace it and see it as a beuatiful part of life, while others live in fear of death. As I’ve grown up I’ve seen the development that this society has had, some of them good, and some of them not so good. Embryonic stem cell research is one of those developments that can be seen as good or not so good. It requires the
etraction of stem cells from an embryo known as a blastcys, one which contains about 100 cells, and is mostly made up of stem cells. In order for the extraction to occur though the embryo must be destructed. It’s fascinating to see the developments of modern science as well as the development in health science. It is not fascinating however, to see the costs of destroying one life to save another. Stem cell research has it’s pros and cons, therefore making it a controversy throughout our society.
Designer Babies?
With the advancement of our culture and the advancement of techonology within it, now parents can choose the sex of their babies!!! It used to be a 50/50 chance of having either hansome boy or a beautiful girl, but now parents can choose the sex they want?!! I honeslty feel that our genration is nuts, we don’t allow the natural process of life take place, but rather we play around with it. Within a decade or two it may even be possible to choose the hair color, the eye color, how tall the baby will be, etc!!! To me it’s crazy, but it may also help with helath problems, so just as these other controversies, having a designer baby has it’s up and downs, it twists and turns,and its pros and it’s cons.
2) How does it directly affect you, your family, your community, peers and/or generation?
3) Include support from your article(s) that strengthens your argument.
2012 Predictions
I’ve heard more and more people talking about the year 2012, not just people within my age, but even elder people. Everyone is fearing what will become of us and the planet Earth once 2012 comes around. Honestly, I don’t believe that the end of the world will be that year, but it freeks me out to know how many people actually do. Many people are putting their faith and lives in the hand of that Mayan theory where all the planets will align and we’ll eventually explode, or something like that. It just confuses me and I fail to comprehend why people are so oblivious, and I’m pretty sure NASA feels the same way I do too. They recently launched a web resource saying that nothing would occur in 2012, stating that even if the planets were to align they would have no significant effect on us.
Koran Burning
In the smallest town of the world, Gainseville, to be exact, Pastor Terry Jones planned to burn a stack of Korans on the 9th anniversary of 9-11. It’s a huge controversy, and everyone has been talking about it. I’m a Christian myself, and I stand up for what I believe in like any other person on the face of this Earth, but I also believe that there is a limit to what we can do. I know I wouldn’t like it if a person burned something that I held sacred in my heart. I don’t ebelieve in disrespecting another religion and I wonder why so many people actually stood up for something so abominable?!!! Why can’t we all just be friends? L
Gay Rights
Homosexual rights has been a controversial issue since FOREVER!!! In some states gay marriage has been approved, such as, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire. The first state to actually recognize gay marriage was Iowa, where same-sex marriage became effective on April 24, 2009. I know everyone in this class has an opinion and a side, as for me, I don’t believe in same-sex marriage, but I know that the United States of America is a free country. I hold my beliefs close to my heart, but as I stated this is a free country, and whats the point of living in a free country where some people are prohibited to do as they wish? I mean it’s their lives not ours, so shouldn’t homosexuals be able to do what they want?
Embryonic stem cell research
We’re all humans, and being born as one, we’re meant to die one day too. Death is a stage of life that many people have different viewpoints of , many embrace it and see it as a beuatiful part of life, while others live in fear of death. As I’ve grown up I’ve seen the development that this society has had, some of them good, and some of them not so good. Embryonic stem cell research is one of those developments that can be seen as good or not so good. It requires the
etraction of stem cells from an embryo known as a blastcys, one which contains about 100 cells, and is mostly made up of stem cells. In order for the extraction to occur though the embryo must be destructed. It’s fascinating to see the developments of modern science as well as the development in health science. It is not fascinating however, to see the costs of destroying one life to save another. Stem cell research has it’s pros and cons, therefore making it a controversy throughout our society.
Designer Babies?
With the advancement of our culture and the advancement of techonology within it, now parents can choose the sex of their babies!!! It used to be a 50/50 chance of having either hansome boy or a beautiful girl, but now parents can choose the sex they want?!! I honeslty feel that our genration is nuts, we don’t allow the natural process of life take place, but rather we play around with it. Within a decade or two it may even be possible to choose the hair color, the eye color, how tall the baby will be, etc!!! To me it’s crazy, but it may also help with helath problems, so just as these other controversies, having a designer baby has it’s up and downs, it twists and turns,and its pros and it’s cons.
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