ASSIGNMENT 5 EXPLORATORY ESSAY: THIS I DO BELIEVE
KIM CARTER
ENGLISH COMPOSTION
PROFESSOR JANET WILLMAN
NOVEMBER 07, 2011
THIS I DO BELIEVE
This I do believe Some people have many different things or beliefs that they focus on to maintain and live by during challenging times in their lives. I have established a belief that gets me through challenging times in my life. “I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me” (Philippian 4:13, King James Bible). As a single parent, battling with Breast Cancer, and going back to college, this I will do through Christ Jesus my strength and redeemer. As a single parent, years of raising two children by me were very difficult. There were not many times I had no time to carry out the many tasks that a good parent was required to do, nor did I have the strength. I was working night shift for twelve hours, coming home making sure that my children were prepared for the school day, figuring out what the meal would be when they returned home from school, doing house work and paying bills; all of this had to be done before I could get some rest. At some point I had no choice but to call on the name of Jesus Christ for strength to carry on. Without any hesitation I knew that “I can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens me”. The years have traveled on by; I am still depending on Jesus Christ for strength. A time had come in my life when the enemy had attacked my body with Breast Cancer. The cancer caused great weakness to my body, as I went through chemotherapy treatments. It was not just my physical state that had gotten weakness I acquired a mental weakness as well, trying to mentally process this great ordeal. I knew in my heart and mind that the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who had brought me through many hard trials had not brought me this far to leave
