My Beliefs

I believe that God is our savior and that he created us to seek him and to do his work on earth (e,g. Spread the gospel and shine his light). If you would like to know more about my biblical beliefs then feel free to send me an e-mail with any questions: adrianawaleenac@gmail.com



Beliefs on Relationships: 

I believe that God has created a woman to be paired with a man in the union of marriage and to fully submit herself under his protection and love. Until you are prepared for marriage, God has put an amazing father in your life to fulfill that role.
When trying to find your prince, I personally feel it is best to court. Most people ask me what courting is, and I can't say that I can tell you exactly what it is, but let me see how well I can help you understand the concept:
Courting is when two people decide they are both at a marriageable age. They want to take a step closer to seeing if they are compatible, and so the courting begins. From the very start they both consult their parents on the fact that they like the other person. I personally, think it best that the man go to the father of the girl and ask permission to court her, but not everybody wishes to do so. Anyways, the point is that the parents are involved right from the beginning. The next step is to set boundaries, decide what you feel is appropriate and inappropriate for your courtship (e,g. To kiss or not to kiss, to hold hands or not, ect...). Then explain your boundaries to your parents and make sure that they are ok with the rules that you two had decided. From there you continue to hang out and get to know each other, but also keeping your parents up to date on what's going on and respecting the boundaries that were set. The point of  courting is to save your heart for your husband. The rules that you set are there to protect your heart, and if you don't end up being right for each other then it generally saves you heart ache. Can you imagine though, if on your wedding day you could tell your husband that your whole heart is his? Theres no other boys that you have been with (physically) and you have not given your heart to anyone but him. Don't you think that would make your marriage special? I think so, and that is why I have chosen to save my heart and body for my husband.

Along with believing that a girl should save her heart for her husband, I believe that a man should try to keep his mind pure for his wife. It's something that every man deals with, lust. Besides Jesus, there is not one man that can say he has never had an impure thought. Every man is guilty of this sin, but our heavenly Father is a forgiving one. It is their responsibility to seek God and ask Him to help them with their struggle and to avoid temptation. I feel that it is up to woman to be respectful of the fact that men struggle with this, and so it is our duty to dress in a way that is modest. Not only does dressing modestly protect the eyes of our brothers in  Christ, it also allows us to save ourselves physically for our husbands.

Beliefs on Schooling:

Where do I begin with this topic? It is such a controversial topic that it is hard to explain were I stand on the issues of homeschooling vs. public schooling. Lets start with the pros and cons that I see to both of these schools:

Homeschooling
The Good things:
1. You are able to train your child the way you wish he/she to be raised
2. No outside influences
3. You get to pick your own curriculum based on your beliefs
4. Your child gets more 1-on-1 schooling

Public Schooling
The Good things:
1. You get to interact with other kids
2. You have a record of your schooling which more colleges accept
3. You get a diploma, Jobs prefer this
4. You get an idea of what it is like to have a full load of classes and how to manage them as well as teaching you to do assignments on time, unless you want to get a zero for not completing/turning them in.

Homeschooling
The Bad things:
1. Kids can sometimes be very sheltered, which makes it harder when they go to college because they have never had to learn to stand strong in there faith. This can sometimes cause them to waver in there faith because they now have to learn how to stand strong against powerful influences. (Keep'n it positive: Through God, all things are possible!)
2.Unless you make an effort to attend Youth Group, Awanas, Co-op's, or Homeschool Sports; it's very easy for homeschooled kids to not have a social life. And I believe that it is healthy for kids to interact with other children.
3. There are several people I know who graduate from highschool but still don't have all the knowledge that the state requires a graduate to have. They then graduate and go off to college yet they take highschool level classes. There is nothing wrong with that, if you don't mind paying college fees for highschool education.

Public Schooling
The Bad Things:
1. The influences are probably the worst, if I do say so myself. It's very easy for a person to get caught up in the ways of the world when attending public school.
2. Sometimes you are forced to learn things that interfere with your beliefs. For example, evolution (We evolved from monkeys apparently :P ) . And yet you cant speak publicly about the bible.... because it may offend people?!?! How ridiculous!
3. It can sometimes be hard to get help when  your struggling with something because there is a whole roomful of people and it is not often that you can get 1-on-1 help.


I believe, that when it comes to schooling, that whether you should homeschool or not depends on the situation. I personally feel it is best to homeschool young kids. I feel it is vital that as kids are growing up, you teach them to be grounded in their faith. There came a point in time though, were my mom couldn't teach my older brother and I. She herself couldn't do the math problems or understand the complicated English, and we weren't getting the education that we needed. So she did what she thought best and enrolled us into a online school. I must say that I think it was a very wise decision that she made.
Now I know that some people don't like public schools, and technically I am enrolled in a public school. I personally think it is best that teenagers learn what it's like to be on a school schedule, and get used to being graded by a teacher who has high expectations as well as learning how important your grades are. How to get your child to learn all these things while still trying to protect them is the tricky part now. How can you train your child in the way he should go, yet still give him the experiences of life with out influencing him in a bad way? Now that is hard: I have seen so many homes were either the parents give their child free-reign, or they shelter their child so much that he/she would never be able to survive in the real world.
With the online school I am able to be at home with my family and do my schoolwork with them. I am attaining the knowledge I need, and seeing what it is like to be in the public world. I feel comfortable with who I am in Christ and don't feel influenced by the people around me. Perhaps there are some things that I may be naive about, just from being sheltered. But please take note that there is a difference between being sheltered and protected. I feel that it is important to protect your child, but just realize that you can't protect them from everything unless you decide to isolate them at the north pole. God is with us always though, and sometimes you have to trust that he will protect your precious children from any harm.

Beliefs on Children:

I believe that children are a blessing. It would be hard to think otherwise (Have you seen how cute a baby is? :) . For me, it has always been my desire to have children. I once had a kitten and I 'dolled' it up by dressing it in doll clothes and putting it in my baby carriage, to me, it was my little 'baby' (Granted, I was 7 when this occurred). I also used to dream of having 20 kids (no lie), and they would all be girls, and each named 'Sally'. Haha. I was five when I had dreamed of that, and around that time I was going through a Sally stage; Every baby doll I owned was named Sally. So it was obvious to me, ever since I was little, that kids were something I desired and indeed a blessing.



I hope you understand that these are my personal beliefs, and everyone has there own opinions on these matters.

~Miss. Adriana Castillo


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