confirmation
My Confirmation Essay
Emma Schultz
For my essay I have chosen to write about 3 commandments. The more I was studying these commandments, the more I truly understood them. These commandments were not chosen randomly, but are the ones I see in my daily life.
Here they are: The second commandment
Thou shall not misuse the name of the lord your God.
When I was a young child I was unintentionally introduced to foul language like cursing and swearing. Once I heard these words, I would generally repeat the words to my sister, or my parents, of course, being a good influence on me, they tried to teach me that words like that are not to be spoken. But in my current teen years, I not only hear them, but know they truly mean. I am then told that it is “cool” to say swears to other people, or just to blurt them out loud. This is not how it is supposed to be. So why do I continue to follow others in this path of sin? I believe it happens partly in anger or frustration. I sometimes get angry about things going on in my life. I get so fed up with everything and everyone that I just don’t care about the words that come out of my mouth. I knew that this is wrong to do, but I didn’t think it was a direct sin against God until confirmation class. This has changed my view on this commandment and has taught me that no matter how much I want to swear, I never should.
The fourth commandment
Honour your father and mother.
To me, this commandment is pretty straight forward. Except this commandment not only refers to my parents, but to everyone around me. This can be my family, the authorities, neighbors and everybody around the world. What this means to me is that I need to treat everyone with respect and care, and help them out in tough times. This commandment has taught me to be nice to someone instead of bullying them, give compliments not insults. And above all, be respectful, TO EVERYONE. I have seen people insult, bully, be disrespectful, sometimes just
Emma Schultz
For my essay I have chosen to write about 3 commandments. The more I was studying these commandments, the more I truly understood them. These commandments were not chosen randomly, but are the ones I see in my daily life.
Here they are: The second commandment
Thou shall not misuse the name of the lord your God.
When I was a young child I was unintentionally introduced to foul language like cursing and swearing. Once I heard these words, I would generally repeat the words to my sister, or my parents, of course, being a good influence on me, they tried to teach me that words like that are not to be spoken. But in my current teen years, I not only hear them, but know they truly mean. I am then told that it is “cool” to say swears to other people, or just to blurt them out loud. This is not how it is supposed to be. So why do I continue to follow others in this path of sin? I believe it happens partly in anger or frustration. I sometimes get angry about things going on in my life. I get so fed up with everything and everyone that I just don’t care about the words that come out of my mouth. I knew that this is wrong to do, but I didn’t think it was a direct sin against God until confirmation class. This has changed my view on this commandment and has taught me that no matter how much I want to swear, I never should.
The fourth commandment
Honour your father and mother.
To me, this commandment is pretty straight forward. Except this commandment not only refers to my parents, but to everyone around me. This can be my family, the authorities, neighbors and everybody around the world. What this means to me is that I need to treat everyone with respect and care, and help them out in tough times. This commandment has taught me to be nice to someone instead of bullying them, give compliments not insults. And above all, be respectful, TO EVERYONE. I have seen people insult, bully, be disrespectful, sometimes just