by Mya Brown
A lot of people think that everyone’s journey to finding God is easy and straight to the point. However, that’s not the case most of the time. My journey to God was like a roller coaster. Importantly, it wasn’t easy to get onto the ride because, like most roller coasters, it was scary.There were ups and downs and loops that even made me sick.
I’ve been going to church since I was a baby. I grew up Catholic. I also attended Catholic school all of my life. I obviously knew who God was because of religion class, and I thought I was dedicated to my faith until I entered high school. High school introduced me to a lot of new people since I was involved in sports. I really connected with the 3 seniors on my basketball team. We would hang out a lot, and they really influenced my life in not the best way. They told me that church was boring and that one of the Christian clubs, called FCA, was for people who were all invested in God. At the time, I was iffy about this because my family was going through a rough time and that made me question everything. My whole eight grade year was experienced without God, and I don’t know how I survived.
Fast forward to ninth grade, and everything was still somewhat the same. This all changed when my ride home from practice was an FCA leader, and I was forced to go to the meeting. That night's theme was doubting God and how we could elevate from that. That was the first time that I felt like He was talking to me. After that meeting. when we got in the car, I cried and cried and cried. Ever since, I’ve gone to every meeting, got my own Bible, and even attended FCA camp. This one sign even pushed me to go the The Ascent as well. I always saw it on Mrs. Flynn’s board, but I ignored it most of the time. I also made sure that I attended church every Sunday and pushed myself to understand the lesson that was taught.
I personally think that God speaks to everyone in different ways. One night you could have a dream and he tells you something, or in my case be forced to go to a meeting you really didn’t want to attend. I could have taken the whole situation as an incident and moved on with my life, but I didn’t. I took it as a sign that God didn’t give up on me and that he still wants me to be a part of his kingdom.
I wanted to talk about my journey back to God because it wasn’t an easy one. I thought that God would never talk to me, but He did. God talks to us in different ways, and I want everyone to take the little things as signs that God is talking to you. Whether speaking in a dream, or even just randomly opening to a bible verse that relates to your life at the time.
Great job with this blog!