I Have No Words

"Ultralight Beam" by Kanye West is probably my favorite song at the moment because it is a beautiful song but also illustrates my internal religious debate. "Ultralight Beam" is one of those songs I can countlessly listen to and not get tired of it, and if you have not listened to it you should. I'm (Baptist) Christian and grew up practicing the religion. Shortly after I was out of the womb I was practicing Christianity. My parents christened me when I was around a year old, admitting me into the christian church. I did not have a decision when I was young to accept the religion but as I grow older I now do, and I don't know what choice to make. In a verse the song states: "I'm trying to keep my faith But I'm looking for more Somewhere I can feel safe And end my holy war I'm tryna keep my faith So why send oppression not blessings? Why, oh, why'd you do me wrong? You persecute the weak Because it makes you fee

I am really not the type of person to go camping, but if there is an opportunity to miss school I would willingly sleep in a ditch. A lot happened on the camping trip; canoes flipping over, animal encounters, but worst of all a thunderstorm. I don't like thunderstorms even when I am in an architecturally strong building (my house), so knowing I was fabric away from being struck by lightening was not my cup of tea. We were not even allowed to stay in the tents, because of the metal rods going through them in order to hold them up. Instead we all had to run through the heavy rain in order to get to a rock over hang. It was the middle of the night and the any source of light that we had was from our tiny head lights (kind of like the things miners wear). It wasn't as scary as it could have been because I had all of my friends with me going through the same thing. I was still gripping onto my only source of light when the camp leader came up to me and asked to use it, out loud I