I am a Christian; I gave my life to Christ when I was nine years old. Yes, I know I was young, but that was when I knew that Jesus was my Lord and Savior. Since then I have tried to do my best to be a faithful follower and servant. I read my Bible, pray, and try to follow His will for my life on a daily basis. I’m not going to lie, I am not perfect, but I give it my best. God did not make us perfect, so even being an avid believer; we all sin on a daily basis.

       With this being said, I am a firm believer that God should be a part of public school. I do not think we should have stopped saying the Pledge of Allegiance because it says, "One nation under God", or I don’t think they should ban prayer in public school either. I know many people have their opinions, but I am seeing our nation turning away from God and moving closer to socialism. When I say this I mean that the people of the United States have come to believe that government is there to take care of us, when we should be able to take care of ourselves, government is supposed to be there to protect us. We are getting so wrapped up in debt; the government cannot even afford to pay our schools to give our children education, or even keep our kids safe in school. With all the school shootings, and bulling going on in the schools this day in age, I think if they put the principles of God back in public school , some of this stuff would stop. Since the courts started banning prayer, and references to God, even going as far as to taking down the 10 Commandments out of public places, the nation including our school systems, have gone downhill. Even on our currency it says "In God we trust", why can’t we go back to our nation and schools trusting in God. I am also a firm believer in the power of prayer, and I think that all of us who do believe need to pray for all the people in this world that don’t know God, and we also need to pray for our government, and the men and women that we voted in office. God has a plan for each and every one of us, we need to believe, study His word, and pray so we will follow His will for our own life.