LEAP OF FAITH
BY: SABRINA BROWN
Throughout the Bible, writers and
Jesus, himself, speak on the rewards
and blessings that can be generated
from faith. Faith can be so easily
tested and is one of the hardest
biblical principles to grow and remain
steadfast in because of life factors. As
children, we have faith that our
parents will provide what we need.
We have faith that our friends will
remain loyal and faith that our
troubles will easily be resolved
through ice cream. As we mature into
adulthood, we learn or should learn
that our deeper faith needs to be
vested in God.
My faith has been tested many times
in life, and each time I had to find a
way to anchor it back to God. I was a
young adult and a student at the
University of South Carolina. I was in
my junior year, a year when many are
finding internships and looking
forward to graduation. For me
however, it was the year I ended up
changing my major. I allowed fear of
not being able to keep up with the
length of novels needed to be read for
assignments in English to make me
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me believe that I needed to change my
major. In the make or break class, I
ended up with a C+ because I had to
play catch up on reading and continue
to master the writing style needed for
excellence. Without much thought, I
realized that my other love was math
and computer technology, so I changed
to Accounting and Management
Information Systems. I applied faith in
taking the leap to an entirely different
college within the university. But I let
go of the faith that I could continue to
excel in English Education.
Another test came when an opportunity
presented itself for me to teach at a
college for the first time. It required
me to move 100 miles away and still be
faced with a 45-mile commute one way.
But I knew that teaching was always
my first love, and I knew that a college
setting would be ideal. So I took the
leap of faith, and I owe it to the
support of my dear line sister,
Shavonda Griffin, who gave me a place
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