Our Faith Journey Research Paper

My testimony
Can a 8th grader even have a testimony? When we were struck with the topic for our final faith portfolio “Our faith Journey” most of us were thinking do I even have a journey? I have not had something that changed me or something that made me turn my back on God and then grow closer, I’m just a normal 8th grade student. MIddle school is a time to figure out who you are, and learn things about yourself. That’s almost everything you can think about. As I go through middle school I just try to keep a smile and people think she is always happy. I’ve even been told that by friends, but really I’m just trying to figure out who I am, and who God wants me to be. It can be hard moving through middle school with all the work, sports, and your walk with God. I tried to show people that it’s easy being me being able to figure things out about myself, but it can be hard, but i learned that I don’t need people to think that i’m always happy and things are always easy I just need to be myself.I also know that it will still be hard. Especially trying to keep a smile. Jeremiah 29:11 says “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” This is a verse has helped me learn what God wants me to do with
I have grown up in a christian home, gone to church once maybe twice on a Sunday, and knowing who my savior is. Nothing has made me doubt who God is. I have always been surrounded with the people who know and love Christ also. Just I have always wondered what I could do to change someone’s life. I picked up the knowledge that just because I have not impacted someone’s life through my faith yet in my life(to be known) that God will show someone himself through me. Doesn’t have to be right now or even in 10 years. It could be when i’m lying on my death bed. I know that my journey may have not impacted someone yet, but it