This was my final assignment for my Philosophy course this year.. I have to admit it makes me a little sad and a little emotional to admit it's coming to a close, but it has been an amazing experience and one I should not soon forget. I just want to thank God for this privilege which has been so generously bestowed upon me, like all else I have come to cross in this life. What a wonderful world!
This I Believe -- Philosophy 2012
There are nearly seven billion people inhabiting this planet. Only twenty-five of them made their way into this course. Whether you ascribe this to fate, the working hand of God, or random coincidence, it certainly happened. For such a reassurance of the external benevolence by which they were selected, I can only return such a force with eternal gratitude. This company has been a major blessing to me, a challenge to the coalition that is my spiritual and mental union, and to me, just as a person. I want to take this time to express this thankfulness, to match it with my beliefs, and make my exit with perfect peace of mind. The points are non-essential to me, this is a spontaneous final assignment, as to what comes next I have simply no clue.
One of the greatest things I take from any course is that of its company. The people with whom I study are all unique, loved by God, special to him and consequentially me. I love them for absolutely no reason, save the fact that I know both them and myself have been saved alongside total imperfection. These people with whom I make acquaintance, get to know, they have all been carefully and intricately designed off of the image of our perfect and divine Creator. We are all chips off the same ol' block!
Through this knowledge, I have learned great things, not only about you, but also of my own design and the One responsible for it all. It amazes me, it makes me feel incredible, and intrigued! How can such goodness exist? How can it be denied? How can it apply to me and everyone else around me? The answer is pretty simple, my God just loves to bless me and the neighbors he has created for me. What impresses me further is that he knew before time that I would come into contact with them all in one way or another! I believe he put all of them into my life for a certain purpose of differing degree, that he has great plans for each of them, and that I got to be a part of their experience! I believe I can be used for wonderful things. I believe that my classmates and friends and my family have all been put in my life to serve a purpose or two of one kind or another. All this I believe and it gives me a hope and a confidence, the likes of which I can't even fully describe.
What pushes me over the edge is that this piece, in and of itself, has the potential to have been of use. The Spirit dwells within me and to Him I attribute each and every good action I perform. Should He decide to use these words to his glorification, to his purpose, or to his intent of one kind or another, whether to distance or draw near, I will consider myself extremely honored. I believe I have been put on this earth to touch lives so that my Father might gain magnificent renown. I believe that I will be a part of something big. I believe I am remarkably blessed to have made your acquaintances, to have been given the privilige of taking this course, and to have been planted into such a glorious sandbox of a planet. Thank you God!
- Stevie LaFerriere
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