Personal Narrative: My Hero's Journey

I was tired, dirty, and shaking from the cold, but little did I know I’d be walking into a crime scene. As bizarre as that sounds, what's weirder is I learned a very important lesson from it. I learned that things always have a way of working out when you trust in God, always trust in Him. I had just come home from a camping trip with my pathfinder group; my mom was at work so I was getting dropped off. I could not wait for a hot shower and a nap, but as I was approaching my home I noticed fingerprints on the kitchen window, and police tape on the ground. Feeling a little confused I went inside and called my mom. I called many times but to no avail. As the hours ticked by my curiosity and confusion grew. Finally, my mother came home, and …show more content…
Replacing a passport is easy and quick but in order to get a passport in the first place, you need proof of citizenship and it could be well over a year before you get it. Unless you apply for an urgent citizenship, but they still need to verify if it's important enough. When I heard this I said then and there that getting to Oshkosh for the camporee wasn't going to happen. To me, the timeframe was too little and I had no faith that they'd verify Oshkosh as an event important enough for an urgent …show more content…
At the beginning of the school year, I had told myself that I would stay in the right crowd and be a positive influence to others. I had also promised myself and God that I would trust in Him and if I ever struggled I would go to him for help. Instead of trusting in God and what He thinks is best for me, I started to trust myself more and I did what I thought was best for me. That ended up in doing and saying stuff that I thought made me “cool” and made me look “cool”. One day at school I had started to use bad language and acted in a manner that wasn't showing Jesus through my character at all. Essentially I was only embarrassing myself, and losing my integrity. From that particular experience, I’ve learned that trusting myself too much and losing trust in God leads to regret. So much

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My Hero's Journey-Personal Narrative