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TESTIMONYTIME: THANKSGIVING BY M INA M CGEE
Thanksgiving. A tim e and holiday w her e fam ily and fr iends gather together. A tim e to give thanks to God and tell w hat w e ar e thankful for. For kids, it?s a holiday to m ake hand tur keys out of paint and eat a bunch of food. Over all, Thanksgiving can have differ ent m eanings to each of us. For m e, Thanksgiving has m eant som ething differ ent for the past 5 year s. In sum m er of 2010, I becam e an Aunt to my beautiful niece, Gabr ielle. At fir st, of cour se, I w asn?t ver y thankful for her. In fact, I didn?t think anything w ould be the sam e again. I have never r eally been a fan of change. I like the sam e scr iptur e ever y day, the sam e r outine, etc. W ith her being bor n into my life, things ar e entir ely changed. Thr ough the year s, I have days w her e I definitely think I am not the m ost gr ateful per son and that I should think differ ently about her. Days w hen I felt like I r eally r eally am not the per son I w ant to be or w hen I w anted to blam e my behavior on other people. Som etim es, I w ould think if ever ything w as like it used to be, then m aybe this I w ould not t feel this w ay. Now, I know that my niece is actually one of the best people to in my life and I am abundantly thankful for her. W hen I am dow n, her sm ile and her saying her silly jokes m ake m e happy and lift m e up. Even w hen fr iends tr y to m ake things better for m e or cheer m e up. M y niece, Gabby, tr uly m akes m e feel better about myself just by know ing that she w ill alw ays be ther e w hen I need her. This m akes m e feel ver y blessed to have her in my life. I have lear ned that being Aunt w as not so bad after all and dur ing this holiday season, that is som ething that I am thankful for. 1 John 4-11 says "Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." I take this scr iptur e to hear t. We all should no only be thankful for people in our lives but people w ho com e into our life. And, w e should alw ays love our fam ily no m atter w hat.
JUSTINBEIBER'SFAITH BY CALEB ROBINSON & M ADISON SCHLESSELM AN
Junkies Special Reporter
Justin Bieber has r ecently com e out w ith a new album called Pur pose. The album ?s self-titled song (Pur pose) r eally show s Justin?s hear t of Faith, how he has to r ely on God for his m usic and how he has given his w hole life to Chr ist. A lot of people cr iticize Justin for som e of the junk that he did as a teenager. It r eally show s how m oney and pow er can cor r upt our lives. Now that he?s seen w hat he?s done and tur ned aw ay fr om all of his past sin and r eally under stands Chr istianity, you can r eally take a differ ent per spective on how you view him . Justin w as br ought into the m usic industr y w hen he w as 13. Raised as a Chr istian fr om childhood, he did not star t off show ing his faith in the gr eatest w ay. Now that he is an adult, I believe that he has finally star ted to r ealize that follow ing Chr ist is the m ost life fulfilling thing that you can find in this w or ld. I think that anyone w ho has cr iticized his m usic should give him a second chance and listen to his hear t because he r eally is a talented singer and though his m usic m ay not alw ays be per fectly about God, his hear t is in the r ight place. ?At this point my life has gotten me to where I am. M y faith has brought me to a whole other level. I?m not religious. I, personally love Jesus and that was my salvation. I want to share what I?m going through and what I?m feeling, and I think it shouldn?t be ostracized.? - Justin Bieber
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