Nungaray

How can religion help when a person feels that there is nothing else that you can change in this life? As individuals born into this world, we grow up for the sole purpose of becoming someone inx life, whether it is for a good or bad cause. I suppose most parents aim to educate their children to be someone good, productive and superb beings. As individuals, we are the major composition in the formation of a society. Seeking religious truth has been a channel through which I try to achieve a better purpose in life. Through learning, teaching and joining the Seventh Day Adventist church and the vegetarianism communities, I gain a moral sense, a peacefulness of mind and a healthier life style. In 2007, when I arrived to the United States of America, my life was without purpose or goals. I had to face the loneliness and the sorrow, because I left part of my family, friends and the one that I love. Once I arrived, Hector my new co-worker and friend, was the one that introduced me to a world with religion. On Christmas Eve of 2008, he gave me my very first Bible. When he placed the Bible in my hands, he said: “This is just a book, filled with paper and letters for some people, but as you begin to believe it will be soon become a treasure.” He wrote for me a sentence, that to this day I still have it in my head. “This is the light that will guide you to happiness, you just need to believe”. A single individual in society especially in this country, welcomes people from all over the world, but with the same dreams and beliefs that pursuit happiness. These were the factors that led me to join the religious community. The Seven Day Adventist Church is one of many protestant Christian denomination, but distinguished by its observance of Saturday instead of Sunday, the original seven day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and also by emphasis on the imminent second advent of Jesus Christ on the clouds. The theology of the S.D.A.C. corresponds to protestant Christian teachings such as the trinity and the infallibility of the scriptures that includes a distinctive teaching of the unconscious state of the dead and the investigative judgment. Many protestant religions identify the SDA church denomination as a sect. They say that the Adventist church does not have any biblical foundations, and that the denomination teaches false doctrines. On the other hand, there is a lot of existent biblical evidence that the S.D.A.C. has the present truth. This community sees itself as a big organization that helps to construct happy families, but focused in the youth and elder people. The S.D.A.C. helps youths to look for different paths, when they feel lonely, submitted in endless road of sadness, addictions and involve of any type of violence. This community count with their own scholar and medical institutions, that helps on the medicals expenses and education. In addition, not only helps the youth but the elders as well keeping going in life to be smart knowing that our Creator has the best path and future for them, following a better diet style keeping them stronger and healthier. Finally, this community promotes the family as the nucleus of society, knowing that happy families turns into happy society and Happy society tents to success most of the time. One of the greatest opportunities and greatest blessings that God gave me was to become a member of the S.D.A.C. community starting with knowledge of the word of God and faith adopted by the Twenty-Eight Adventist beliefs. Consecutively, with the baptism by immersion I began my journey following Jesus path. All those steps gave me a clear perception of what human beings can achieve in this life being part of this community. One of the critical situations that S.D.A.C face is the division of separatist groups or reformists. Many movements cling to false teachings and many leave the church to live what for them is the truth. Others cling to remain in the church living the things they are writing and making the word of God the foundation. To be part of the SDA community means, to be guide it by the word of God in scriptures, never on either extreme. Also means, that a person must to do their best to grow daily in the word of God, to reflect the Christ life character, is evidence that one is growing of the word of God, a character that is noble kind and humble self-denied and always whiling to serve others. The General Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist is the administrative head of the church. In addition, it is the governing organization of the denomination. In other words, it is the matrix of this community. Also, the General Conference is organized with a representative from the government. This means authority in the Church comes from the membership of local churches, who send representatives to vote on matters at the next level. Four levels of the structure lead from the individual believer to the worldwide church organization. The levels are the local church with its members, the local conference made up of a number of local churches in area, the union conference made up of local conference and finally the division consisting of several conference and missions within a world geographical area. They are invested in ensuring that individual––most individuals whether they are members or not–– know the truth and fundamentals of the Adventism. In addition, to being a member of the SDA church, I have the privilege of being part of the vegetarian community as well. Being vegetarian is the practice of abstaining from the consumptions of red meat, poultry and seafood. However, exist some critical situations because many people argue that it is diets deficient in protein and certain vitamins but nutritional experts have found benefits and drawbacks of this type of diet. Therefore, they advice that before betting on a vegetarian diet, a person should consulted with a nutritionist to inform the patient of what should be a balanced vegetarian diet. Thanks to the abundance of scientific research that demonstrates the health and environment benefits of a diet, nutritionists recommend that we consume most of our calories from grain products, vegetables and fruits. One concern of the vegetarian community is that exist people that make drastic changes in their diets without knowing the basic nutrition, putting in risk their life without obtaining the essential nutrients. This community taught people to developing health conscience, choosing better products for rich a good life style but in particularly they taught people how to prevent, treat or reverse heart diseases and reduce the risk of cancer and other diseases. Joining this community is the single most effective way to stop the progression of coronary artery disease or prevent it entirely, because meat is high in saturated fats. The cholesterol that accumulates on the arterial walls constricts the flow of blood in the body, placing a greater burden on the heart to pump harder. Cholesterol is clearly a major factor in the causing of heart attacks. Those factors are important that every single vegetarian member had the knowledge because this fundamental information is the straight of the body and mind to keep following a diet of vegetables, fruits and grains Many prominent artists are conscious of what it means to join the vegetarian community. They decided at the time of their menus to exclude animal flesh. Like them, thousands of people around the world also have made this decision to join this community. Many believe that the vegetarian diet has important health benefits. Others moved by their respect for animals and the environment, and others as a way to loose weight. There is different cultures that promote to join the vegetarian community, not only the religion side but pursuit happiness and looking to live strong and longer like the athletics, movie stars, celebrities etc…They took the advantage and the blessing to joining this community, spreading the values of what really means being a vegetarian. Although, I decided to make a change in my diet in being part of this community, I realize the importance of a diet of fruit, vegetables and grains. In 2009, I started to join the vegetarian community. I learned how to prepare healthier meals and to select organic and not process food. However, becoming a vegetarian was easy for me because I grew up in a friendly farm environment seeing my pets and animals not as a source of meat, but as a part of the family. Not only feeding on vegetables or fruits but with knowledge on nutrition and love for God. Personality, I am sure that I did the right decision joining this community, because I changed as a individual part of the society. In today’s chaotic world, my communities are taking places in different ways. Not just feeding the body but feeding the soul and spirit. I am very happy to be part of the SDAC and the vegetarian communities because they promote a better diet style, not only to survive but to be healthier and stronger that pursuit happiness, peace, hope and success for everybody. I feel blessed. I realize that happiness is not temporal, and success is not just a dream. Everything is possible when a person is connected with the Creator. He let you open every single door to find the key of happiness pushing you in other level. I never giving up when sickness strikes or when I am facing a problem in life that I think that is impossible to deal with, because I know who is by my side. I found the key of happiness loving my Creator, eating healthier and enjoining my communities every day.