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Becoming A Christian Counselor
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It is important to know what you are doing. It is important to know how to do what you are doing.
But it is most important to know why you are doing what you are doing. In order to keep one’s momentum in life, and in order to feel like you have accomplished anything, you need to have vision for your life and for your future. My vision for my life and for my future is to become a Christian Counselor. The answer to my “why” is because I want to help the lost and the broken find healing, love and acceptance in their
Heavenly Father. I believe that true and lasting healing cannot take place without addressing the entire being: body, mind, soul and spirit. This is my goal and my education will cause me to be able to realize
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Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Yeshua began to

show me that love changes the world and with His help and guidance, I can make a positive difference in this world. I just have to choose Love.
So I began to look into how to become a counselor. I looked into the degrees that were required.
There were so many courses that I had to take that seemed so unrelated! Most of the hours of the degree seemed to be superfluous. Why would a counselor need to know so much history? Those do not seem to be all that related. With the help of Robert Harris, I began to understand that these seemingly “unrelated courses” are very important for my overall education to better understand the world. The purpose of education is not just to earn a degree but to shape an individual into a well-rounded and well-informed person; one that will be able to interact with their society in a more intelligent and self-reflective manner.
Many of those courses teach you critical thinking so that instead of just reacting to your environment you can be proactive and make a difference in society as a whole. This is ultimately my goal. So thus, my entire education course will aid me not just in my career but in the entirety of my

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