Week 11

In our lessons for this week, I learned from the beliefs of the Puritans. I learned the value of having a simple life. It is that it will really help every individual or a person like me to be content of what I have. And also to not see things that are only temporal. Another lesson that I learned is having strong conviction or firmness of what you believe. It was like the priest who did not allow Henry VIII to divorce with his wife. It was that he stand firm of what he believed which was the prevention of divorce issue because of the true essence of marriage is not to get divorce, instead they will be together.

I remember when I was first year high school. I was so insecure to my classmates. Especially those who had what they wanted. Also to our other church mate who are in the middle class. I tend to ask question to myself, why I could not have the things that I also wanted. It was that I also wanted to have what they have so that I would not be jealous. I would be easily got jealous especially in terms of materials. I would really liked to store things. I just did not want to live an ordinary or simple life for I wanted to experience what my rich classmates or church mates also experienced. It was also in church that my conviction was tested. It was just past year. In our church, we had a new member in church. He was baptized lately. Today he is one of the youth leaders on the church. It was not that I do not like him but I think its not good that he is a leader right away because he does not know a lot about the Word of God. What would he will tell to other members? It was my conviction that he must take steps before being promoted. He must undergo bible studies. He had many principles that he applied in the ministries in the church which are not biblical either. But I failed to did it because everybody in church convinced that he can be one of the leaders already. It was only because of His charisma and guts.

There are steps that I will do to apply these lessons that I learned. I will donate some of the things that I have which I will never use anymore. Then, I will start to be content of what I have and thank God for His provision for our needs. i will also develop my conviction through defending it and also to stand firm of what I believe which is right. I will make sure to have proofs from the bible so that they will not argue about it.