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Out of all the people who make their confirmation, you see more people making it for the wrong reasons. “Because my parents are making me” is what you hear out of a lot of mouths. Well my parents didn’t make me, and during the summer I hadn’t planned on doing so. It is because of the reasons why I am making my confirmation that I feel it will be more symbolic to me than the bigger percentile going through with it. The year 2002 may go down as the biggest year of my life. It definitely has been so far in my 17 years on the earth, and it has changed my perspective forever. I have been through a lot of high’s and low’s and through it all I have come up with one thing; a stronger relationship with God. During the high of my low’s I reached out to God and asked for help, I asked him to send something to me to get me through the low’s… the next day he did. He took me directly out of the chaos that was my life. I am making my confirmation because I want the world to know that my belief in God is strong and unbreakable. I would like to show my respect to my savior because he has showed his to me. I am thankful everyday for what God has given me and I tell him. Confirmation in my mind is reaching the pinnacle of being God’s children. My relationship with God is what I make it and by being confirmed I am showing to him and to the world that I am one of God’s children and that I have a strong faith that will overcome any obstacle. My faith in God is something you cannot break or tarnish in any way, and when I become confirmed I will feel righteous in showing God my faith in him. I chose my sister to be my confirmation sponsor. The person who was going to fill that spot I gave a lot of thought to. There were a few people that I almost asked. First I thought I would choose my uncle, because he had a close relationship with me and I just had a strong feeling to ask him. But it is the knowledge I have of my sister’s beliefs that made me ask her. At heart she may be one of the most righteous people I know. And she was there for me when I needed someone to be. It was when we were thinking of confirmation sponsors that my life started to change. I will not put titles on what exactly happened, but I will say that my life had become chaos. Yes, chaos, but probably not what you think. Not pain, suffering, and no control. No, this chaos came slow and was faceless. My every day life was being miserable. No one should have to live like that. When I had enough of this life I reached out to my sister. My sister was in college and didn’t have to let me stay with her for a few days to get my head on straight. It wasn’t anything on her if she didn’t pick me up out of the hole I was in. But she did, and it gave me a big chance to put my life into perspective. And what I produced out of the time I spent reflecting was a stronger relationship with God. I had gained a new understanding for the word faith, one in which I will not lose. And now I go forward with this faith, with my sister behind me as my sponsor, to make my confirmation to God. I believe that the faith I now have was destined to come to me. All I had to do is look for it. Well at the end of the search is my confirmation, and I thank God for the journey and the experiences I have gotten before the ceremony. It is these experiences that have given me my belief system. For me to share my belief in God I would have to use somebody else’s words: SO EVERYTHING THAT I DO THAT'S BAD, I'M GOING TO SUFFER FOR IT. BUT IN MY HEART, I BELIEVE WHAT I'M DOING IS RIGHT
SO I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO HEAVEN"  |