Week 9 post

God is forming the person inside of me through many different ways. God has placed different people in my life to help me along in my spiritual walk. My youth group leader, Ryan, has been positively affecting my life for the last six years. He has always been willing to talk with me about things I was struggling with. He has helped me by praying for me during good and bad times, Ryan also provided me with a devotional book that I can learn new verses and reflect on. The second person that God put in my life to help me is my mother, Cindy. My mother has provided me with a good Christian background and has challenged me to grow in my faith. She has also provided me with my patience and interest to learn more. The third person who has influenced my Christian nature is my friend, Jordan Nomansen. He has always been confident in his faith which has caused me to demonstrate my faith more freely. I also feel comfortable to talk to Jordan about my faith or subjects that I don't feel comfortable talking to my parents about. I feel like God is forming my person by putting Dordt in my life. I could have gone to a large college but God made Dordt work for me and provide me with options to improve my spiritual life. I also believe that God provided me with a healthy body to serve God by doing physical labor. God has also given me a loving heart to care for others and share my faith with them.

Week 8 post

Sid Hielema stated that "all things we do is called to be an act of worship." For me this means that I should glorify God through the sports, my life, and my actions. When we play sports we should remember who gave us the ability to play. So often people only care about themselves when playing sports and don't think of what would happen if they didn't have their skills. Everyone's life should be worship to God, it shows how lucky we are to have healthy lives.When people see me, I want them to know that I am a Christian and my purpose in life is to glorify God. My actions also are important in worshiping God. There are days when my words worship God and put a positive influence on people. But, there are other days when my actions to not reflect my love to God and I am a bad influence on the people around me. As I begin my college experience I will learn how to worship God through my education. I am also going into an education major, so my job will be to teach other children new things. I hope that I can teach the kids how to live a Christian life and to worship God in the small things.

I believe that my Signature Theme that describes me the best is responsibility. I feel like I am very good at getting things done on time, and if someone wants me to do something I will it to the best of my ability. I think that I use the restorative Signature Theme the most out of the five. I like to try to find answers to problems. If the first idea doesn't work I want to find a different solution that will work. I feel upset that a problem is left unanswered or if I can't come up with the answer. All of my Signature Themes seems to fit me and I agree with them. I found this test to be interesting on how it was able to find qualities that fit me so well. I anticipate using my restorative or relator Signature Themes during college. I think that being restorative will be useful in college because it will help me solve new problems that I haven't faced yet. The relator quality would help in college because I will be able to work in groups with people close to me and complete harder projects. I believe that my high school did a test like this as well, some of my qualities might have changed but for the most part I stayed the same. My friend and I also did something like this for church to see how the best way was for us to serve God.