Talk of God and just talk about religion in today’s world seems to have disintegrated, nobody wants to sit and listen to someone “preach” or talk about the miracles of God and the teachings of Christ. It’s all just babble and nonsense in this selfish fast-paced all about me society. Society rather hear about the lies of politicians and lies on every celebrity magazine cover than think about talking about something higher than humans themselves. It is so frustrating that there is so much obsession with things that don’t matter verses why we’re even here in the first place. I want to share my story of how God saved my life and how it all began.

I was raised knowing God because of my dad. We always said evening prayers and we’d go to church on certain Sundays depending on my dad's work. As a young child, I believed, but God wasn’t as close to me as He is now. I wasn’t as dedicated or as serious in His existence, I just knew He existed. My relationship with Him was weak until junior year of high school. I’ll never forget the moment that changed my life forever. I was in the living room with my grandma just talking about life, I had all these questions and curiosities about God and Jesus. I was asking her what had seemed like a hundred questions and I asked if I could have my own Bible and if I could start learning more about it all. Ever since that night, I read, studied, went through a program so I could become officially Catholic and then finally put my total life into God’s hands.

Life was no longer lived for myself, it was all for Him. I wanted to be the best person I could, I wanted to always know there was light at the top no matter how deep the hole. I’m not saying I don’t make mistakes and I’m still working on who I am as a person but no matter how badly I struggle, my faith keeps me alive always helping me crawl my way out when I’m underground. The reason I put my faith and trust into God and His son is because they are the only thing permanent in a temporary world. They are the definition of love and my reason and purpose in life. I want to be a better person because of my faith. I believe in God because He believes in me and everyone when we make the same mistake over and over. I believe in Him because He taught me what unconditional love is and love is the only thing that will save us in this life.