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Jennifer Fulfiller's Something Other Than God

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A person can become open to the call of God in their life in many ways. Jennifer Fulfiller in “Something Other Than God” realized God’s call through multiple interactions with society and gifts God laid out for her. God’s call may not always be noticeable at first; but with a keen eye; it can be seen without doubt. God can show his call through houses, people, and other objects. God shows his plan to us through all kinds of signs laid out in our daily lives; this is most noticeably seen in “Something Other Than God”. The first time the reader can see Jennifer’s interaction with the Lord is through Jennifer’s blog. I believe this is the first time Jennifer’s attitude toward Catholics grew and became more understanding overtime. A prime example of this is the quote “Christians …show more content…

Jennifer’s preconceived ideas and attitudes towards the problem is that she wasn't really sure who “the Lord” is. A camp in 5th grade further pushed her away from the faith. Concrete evidence of this can be taken from when Jennifer says “For the first time I defined myself to a label, a single word that defined me: atheist.” Jennifer; like myself seems to keep swaying with the existence of God throughout most of the novel; a stage I can find myself in during rough times. Before reading Jennifer’s story, I had thought that God probably existed; I thought I just wasn't seeing it due to age. Now, as a 17 year old male, I could use God’s guidance tremendously; and I can sometimes see it, but there is a part of me that wants to categorize it as coincidental, much like a young Jennifer. I keep looking for something concrete to see that God is always walking beside me, but I feel like looking is the wrong thing to do, I feel like God will come to me. I see God in some people, but then I wonder what do I define as God, and I get lost in the complexity of it

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