FAITH
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A NOTE ABOUT FAITH BY EBONY COLINA
However, as we grow older, Faith can become a challenge and something that leaves us as life happens.
My father succumbed to a heart attack and a stroke when I was 13 years old. I watched in silence as my mother and brother suffered tremendously from the loss. Don’t get me wrong, I was certainly devastated, but my father left when I was nine years old to move to North Carolina and my brother had the privilege of living with him. Later that year, I watched my aunt succumb to a heart attack as well. I learned very early on that God is omnipresent.
I could argue that my life from the outside could be something of interest; however, on the inside, I have learned that it’s in the moments of pain and suffering that we learn what we’re made of and who God really is.
In the midst of this suffering, there were so many opportunities that allowed me to continue on. I was accepted into one of the elite private schools in Michigan, I excelled at a rigorous curriculum and I was able to travel due to sports/church.
Faith has been a term that I always thought I understood. I always believed in God and I knew that He would guide me and protect me in all things. There’s something that is so sweet and innocent about believing this as a child.
