S1 Blog Response 6

My name is Jesus, When I was fifteen years old, I had lots of things I don't know, as innocent as other teenagers. Firstly, I don't know why I don't look like my father. My mother told me that she and my father had lived in the kingdom of Herod, but one day they decided to leave. King Herod is not a good king, he killed all the children who had threatened him to the throne, including his own son. That happened when I was born, maybe that's why they escaped,or maybe they left before that massacre. I really don't know.

Now we live in Egypt. Although we are newcomers, everyone in this town treats us nicely, because of my father, My father is a carpenter, everyone asks him for some small favors—making a new desk or repairing a broken chair. However, I have heard some gossip in his back that I am not his real son, we don't have any kinship at all. what a joke! If I am not his own son, why he be so nice to me? If I am not his own son, why he teaches me all his skills about being a carpenter? If I am not his son, why he never told me that? I guess gossip is human's instinct, same as jealous. That must be the reason they gossip. They envy me because I have a happy family and a happy life. But if people envy others, why don't they just say it directly in stead of being nice and gossip on one's back? I really don't know. 


I do have some friends, they’re all boys who have the same age with me. We hang out together and study in the same school. Sometimes when we joke around, they call me "boy born with star", I always pretend bing angry, and finally we all laughed. I don't know why they call me that way, I really don't know. 

On that time, I have some great friends, a happy family, and a peaceful life. I never thought that everything will be changed: my friends will go against me; my follower will betray me, and my real father will go talk to me. That's my happiest time in my life ever. 


citation:
Star. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zlVERffp5c8/maxresdefault.jpg>.

S1 Blog Response 4

• From my perspective, this parable project is really interesting and attractive, which also helps me learned lots of things. Our parable is The rich man and Lazarus, who is a poor guy. The Rich man and poor man are neighbors, during their lifetime, rich man treats poor man badly. After they died, rich man goes to the hell and poor man goes to the heaven, who can go serve Abraham. The rich man feels unfair about Abraham's decision, and Abraham told him that because poor man has not had the easy life during his lifetime. However, the rich man has had the easy and luxurious lifestyle and need to learn how to be kind to those below him. Then rich man asks Abraham to warn his brothers, so they don’t make the same mistakes he did when he didn’t treat Lazarus in the nicest way possible. Abraham says they can learn from your mistakes from Moses and the Prophets. The rich man believes this won’t work because they will repent these people in heaven. At the end, Abraham says if they won’t believe Moses, they will never learn how to be kind.
  
  
  

  From this parable, I learned being rich doesn't automatically means we can get into heaven. However, being kind does. Also, It is okay to be poor, as long as we are doing whatever we should be doing and be a good person. We always complain about our extraction, which may not give us enough money to buy whatever we want. However, we should focus more only our morality. Being a good person and treating other people the way we want to be treated is much more important than the materialism. 

  
  

  For me, the most impressive parable presentation is The Laborers in the Vineyard. Their skit is pretty related to our life and told us what exactly the parable wants to tell us. In another word, their scenario is a perfect example of the parable. I learned from their scenario that No matter the sequence we following God, God loves us equally. 

  
  

  The lesson which impacts me most is The Prodigal Son. It tells me that no matter how much people hurt us, we should forgive them at least for once. That lesson pretty related to my life. For example, In the past, When someone betrayed me or hurt me, I would not be her friend anymore. However, I think after learning this lesson, I will try to forgive them in the future. 
  
  If Jesus lives in nowadays, he probably is a moral leader, maybe the pope in the church, or the teacher in the school. He may not be that rich, but he will be happy every day because he is doing his favorite thing, teaching. He will have abundant followers, both in reality and the internet. He will also have his official facebook and Instagram account in order to teach us. 
  
  Citation:
  Pictures of Money. Digital image. N.p., 2 Aug. 2014. Web. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/pictures-of-money/17123251389>.
  
  Teaching and Learning Key Terms. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://www.ourlanguage.org/content-collection-teaching-and-learning>.

S1 Blog Response 5

A.C.T.S Prayer

Dear Lord, you are the person who saves the world, you are the person who guides my life. When I need your help, you always be with me. Please forgive me when I treat my friends badly and please forgive me when I give too many pressure to other people. Please also forgive me when I lie to someone, even it is for protecting her feeling. Thanks for your generousness of forgiving, and thanks for your generousness for everything. Thanks for the opportunity for good education, and thanks for the love comes from my family and friends. Dear God, please give me instruction while I am lost in life, and please give the blessing to my family and friends. Please bless me for getting into my dream college, and please bless me survive from my first sophomore final.

Citation:
How Accurate Is A Lie Detector Test. Digital image. UK Lie Detector Test. UK Lie Detector Test, 30 July 2015. Web. <https://www.ukliedetectortest.co.uk/accuracy/accurate-lie-detector-test-2/>.