Reflection On Service In Relation To Christianity

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Katherine Harris Reflective Essay Fall 2010 My current worldview is very much related to my walk with God. Every day I am faced with situations that force me to make decisions, and before I can make those decisions I have to stop and meditate on how each option correlates to my faith and the knowledge I have of right and wrong. I, of course, don’t always make the right choices, but I know that God will show me grace when I disappoint Him. This has so much influence on what I do every day: the people I hang out with, what I do with my free time, the way I act, the things I say—as a Christian it is my responsibility to take God’s will into account as I go through my day-to-day activities. \ In this way, my relationship with God absolutely influences my relationships with other people. When I am hanging out with my friends, we obviously don’t spend all our time talking about our faith—and that’s ok. The important thing is that we remember that, no matter what we are talking about or what we are doing, God is watching over us and sees all our thoughts, words, and actions. If I am around people whose actions or conversations aren’t pleasing to God, it is important for me to either kindly request them to respect my beliefs or stop putting myself in their presence; bad company corrupts good morals. My relationship with my immediate family doesn’t seem affected by my faith, simply because I was raised in a Christian household and we all share belief in Christ. My mother’s parents are also people of faith and we are very close to them, along with my uncle and his family. However, my father’s side of the family does not share our value system; we are not very close to that side of the family at all, and I think their clashing morals play a part in that. Serving others is absolutely a part of our faith as followers of Christ. What was Jesus’ time on earth is

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