love to hear your perspective.” As we went back and forth, I
found myself becoming more and more frustrated. I began
to pray, and I begged God to open his eyes to his ignorance.
Then it hit me. He wasn’t only blind; he was deceived. He
had spent 19 years developing a worldview that was contra-
dictory to mine. A worldview contradictory to that of God’s
Word, and one thirty-minute conversation wasn’t going to
simply grant him a completely new worldview.
That night I realized how blessed I truly am. I’m noth-
ing significant, but the fact that I was raised in a Christian
school gave me something special—a Christian worldview.
My worldview wasn’t developed in a week, a semester or
even a year. It was developed throughout my entire K-12
experience. Every day I attended my Christian school, I
learned something else about God’s love for me, about what
it means to possess integrity, and the true reason as to why I
should apply myself to everything I am involved in, includ-
ing my schoolwork. God might not have opened my friend’s
eyes that night, but he sure did open mine, and I will never
forget it.
A Christian worldview is not something to be taken
lightly. It is not something to ignore. A Christian worldview
is capable of giving a person hope, love for others, and the
passion needed to pursue big dreams. People who possess a
Christian worldview face trials like everyone else, but what
I have found is that our worldview gives us a reason to keep
going. It gives us a deeper understanding of our circum-
stances, and most importantly, it gives us the ability to see
the world from a biblical perspective.
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Editor’s Note: This testimony was written by a 2014 gradu-
ate of a Renewanation affiliate school.
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