By Faith Alone

20. August 2008 by Sarah.

Currently I am sitting in a plane 2,900 miles in the air. As I was reading my book I decided that I would rather write out some stuff. The other day I read my sister’s blog. Her latest post is about her faith. I realized that I have never written about my faith and it is such a major part of my life I thought that it was about time.
I am Lutheran, born and raised and will probably not ever change. I may switch different synods, but I am pretty sure that I will always remain a Lutheran. So as I sit here on this plane, heading back east to go to school, it is my faith that will get me through this day and the days the lay ahead of me. When I had to make the choice of which college to go to I did more praying then I ever had in my life. It wasn’t really which college, it was more the fact: do I stay in CA or take one major leap of faith and go to Mary Baldwin. As I am sure most of the readers out there in Internet land know, I choose MBC. I knew that God had a plan for me and that whatever choice was made would be the right one.
My faith has now brought another curve to the path that God has in store for me. My Daddy accepted a job in Alaska about two weeks ago. He has moved into an apartment and has started work. For him getting out of Lancaster was so important and he needed to do this. It is extremely difficult knowing that in a few months, every person in my household will be living somewhere new. The only way that I can get that thought through my head is to know that God isn’t going to throw anything at us that we can’t handle.
Some of my friends aren’t into the religion thing that much. That is fine, I completely and utterly understand. If it wasn’t for my parents taking me to church every Sunday morning, how do I know that I wouldn’t have the faith that I do today? So the people that aren’t sure on religion need to have it shown to them, maybe that is why I am in their life, to show them my religion. Setting the example and willing talk about my faith, that is something that I strongly believe in and practice. If I didn’t have the faith that I have, I am pretty sure that there would be an emptiness inside of me that would need to be filled.
When I was confirmed in 8th grade we had to give a statement of our faith. I remember writing a poem with the help of my 8th grade English teacher. I am sure I still have it, and I am sure some of it remains the same. But my guess is if someone asked me today to give a statement of my faith, it would be much longer, more in depth and more meaningful.

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