University:
Seton Hall University
Course:
RELS1503 | Christian ethics
Academic year:

2024
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96

Pages:

2
Author:

Andrea B.

Andrea Borg Professor Ethics 11/11/2021 Journal In my life I have never had to see God in order to remove something because I thought it was the main source of my happiness. However, I have had multiple friends in the past who had to seek God as they thought this thing was their main source of happiness mainly because of addiction. This addicted thing I am talking about is the drug weed, it has affected multiple of my friends who are highly dependent on this substance. Most of them expressed to God the need of help and forgiveness and used him as I can’t of escape for help, since they might have been too embarrassed to tell anyone else. I never felt that my friends where upset or unhappy by the way they were living or about themselves because they always seemed positive but inside was broke. However, after they managed to get help and through the prayer of God, they managed to ignite their through happiness by stopping Weed. Not only where they happy about stopping but also the way their way of life has changed and their lifestyle from saving all the money and putting it into their entertainment. Some of my friends said they felt some connection with God and through the command of God like in Genesis 22, they managed to find the strength within to stop their bad habits. I think in general around the world there are always people who are independent on certain things to make them feel happiness when in fact its just a mask and sort of a fake happiness, but they believe they are happy as they aren’t in full control. Even though, some people would like to stop these habits its too hard for them as sort of their body is in control rather than the actual person, but through the prayer of God and help everyone and anyway could definitely get healed, as said in class, God is everything to us and is like your therapist that always wants us to feel good about ourselves.