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Reflection About Religion

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Growing up as a “privileged” African American kid, whose parents beat the odds and set the example for my brothers while giving us a lifestyle in the suburbs. It gave me the notion that life would be… easy. Not to mention, growing up and being active in the church made me feel like my blessings would come as I get older just as presents did on Christmas Mornings. So, my relationship with God happened like how most of us believers tend to know God. I looked at Religion and the relationship to
God to be something that’s perceived through the eyes of my parents and the genealogy that comes along the bloodline.
Being the first born (three boys, one girl), gave me the notion to have the first opportunity to choose what path I was going to take in life. With a variety of eyes seeking what my life has destined for me, with lots of potential and people in my corner that keeps my head on a straight path; Homo Sapiens were perplexed to see me take the alternate path that was given to me before I became a Senior in High
School. At the age of 19, God began to reveal himself to me in a way that was new for me. Seeing the man my dad became after trusting in the Lord despite being financially and foundationally stable as a father and provider. His stronghold had a firm grip on him excelling to a higher calling. He was happy for the success Flesh gave him, but he ultimately knew that God had something bigger for him to do. Once he chose to submit and let the Lord order his steps into the

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