Community Events | Courage is Your Superpower - Becoming a Christian and Serving in the Church

✨Background

I grew up in a family of traditional beliefs, and I was exposed to the Christian faith when I was a freshman in high school. In the process of choosing to believe, I gradually got to know myself and slowly explored a path that I felt was valuable and meaningful. At that time, my little dream was to take part in a two-year church training course after graduation, to gain a better understanding of the faith I chose, and then to serve in the church for a while after I graduated, and to apply what I learned into my life. .

✨Opportunity

The reason why I have such an idea is because when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a book written by Witness Lee for young people - this book, which I cherish for the Lord when I was young , gave me a great impact . It is not because of the gorgeous words or the esoteric content, but the sincere and sincere attitude in the words, as well as the expectation of young people to seize the time.

My family always told me to study hard, but no one ever told me why I needed to make good use of my time. This book was like a blow to the head, waking up the me who just wanted to mess around. I think back on why I face life in a way of living with evil. The main reason is that I don't know the meaning of life. Whenever I ask my parents why I exist? What is the meaning of human existence? ... The above are vague When I ask questions, I always get a negative response, and I hope I don't waste time thinking about meaningless questions.

And this book answered the questions that had been hidden in my heart for a long time one by one, and helped me return to reality from the ethereal thoughts. My family saw my change. In simple terms, I changed from daydreaming, talking nonsense and playing more than 12 hours a day to reading books for at least 1 hour a day, and my test scores remained in the top ten. My change also changed their feelings towards Christians, from being against my contact to proactively reminding me to get up on Sunday to attend the Sunday, and gradually I was willing to let my uncles and aunts who took care of me come to my house to sing hymns.

✨ Process

This is how I spent three years in high school. After I entered college, because the school was far from home, I lived in a church and practiced a normal Christian life. During the process, I mentioned my dream to my parents many times, but they all wanted me to find a job first. Until the day of my senior year graduation, because it was the last day to sign up for church training, I mustered up the courage to express my wishes to my parents. Of course, they were very angry, but the last angry words my dad said was that I am responsible for my own life. I'm too lazy to care about you. Originally, I thought I would be kicked out of the house by my dad to cut off my relationship, but when he just said this, my heart suddenly became very emotional. Because I know no one can be responsible for my life, not even myself, because I have no control over whether accidents happen or not. So after explaining it to my parents, I decided to hand over the registration form and go to the training on time.

✨ Transform

So I attended church training for two years and then served two years in the church.

During the process, I was often weak and anxious when faced with situations that I had not encountered before, especially I was very afraid of speaking in front of people. When I discussed my bottleneck with my parents, I was surprised, they all wanted me to persevere, because they felt that I learned a lot of things I didn't learn in school before, and gradually became a normal person 😂😂😂 Sometimes He will also pray and sing songs with me. Whether it was a change that happened to me or my parents' change of faith, it deepened my faith in the Lord, and whenever my mind went to a dead end or I was disappointed in myself, I could always tell myself that I had an eternal life. Relying on, so no need to worry, just lay the burden on Him, He knows all my needs.

✨Afterword

The following paragraph is the content of my first article in Matt City

Since I was a child, I didn’t know what I wanted to do. Most of my dreams were based on ideas that others thought were very good. When others thought such dreams were unrealistic, the fire in my heart would go out instantly. Faced with such a fragile state of mind, I was powerless to myself, even to the point of being afraid to face myself. So when I look back on growing up, I can only discern what I really don't want (because doing it makes my body uncomfortable and sick), but there's no way of knowing what I want.

What I want to express is that the dream of participating in training is the only time I have persisted and practiced my dream. Although many people disliked me during the process, after working hard for myself, I found that the elements of my parents’ words and trust have increased a lot. , even if they poured cold water on this venture at the beginning and hoped that I would calm down, but later on some decisions I made, they often cooperated with me without doubt. So I think, as long as you have the courage to challenge the status quo, get out of your comfort zone, and insist on accomplishing what you want to do once, no matter what the result is, people around you will always see that you can learn the secrets and grow in it.

While I'm still looking for a career to pursue until I retire, I believe the process is still very rewarding and rewarding. I hope everyone can have the courage to pursue their dreams and pursue them steadfastly. 😊🤞💖