Affirmations of Life

I think that we are faced with many tough situations in our lives. These situations truly test us in different aspects of our lives. I think that these situations are given to us by God so that we can learn to put our trust in Him and Him only. Therefore I believe that in order to look positively at not so good situations we must turn to God. To look positively at a situation I remember that God tells us in the Bible that He will never put us in a situation that we cannot handle without Him. We probably won't be able to handle it on our own is problem that many people face. In troubled times we must turn our focus to God. We need to have faith in Christ that He will help us through the hard times. We also should pray often during the tough times. I believe that any Christian can face any hard times as long as they remember to go to God and not loose their faith.

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Personal Connection To Nature

A time when I had a connection to nature was in Wyoming. My family rode horses to the very top of a mountain and then had a picnic at the top of the mountain. The view from the spot was amazing and I could see so far. It was amazing to just sit and look at everything God had created and how perfect all of it was. I think the truth that I saw in the nature is that everything God creates is beautiful and even if in our eyes something may not seem beautiful to God it is. The connection just made me realize that I should not judge things by looks because in God's eyes everything is beautiful and all that matters in the end is God so I have no place to judge.

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Team Nathaniel

I personally like stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne more than the stories of Poe. Hawthorne's stories have a lot of symbolism as do Poe's. The symbols in Hawthorne's stories are much easier to understand. Also, Poe has a lot of very dark writing where as Hawthorne's stories are not necessarily good but they are not as dark as those of Poe. The only problem I have with Hawthorne's writing is that sometimes he puts in too much detail and that detail makes the story boring. All together I think that Nathaniel Hawthorne's writing is better than the writing of Poe.

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