“The Value of a Single Human Life”
“In All Things, Good”
Georgia Lucas, grade 11
Brownington, VT
United Christian Academy, Newport, VT
My best friend, who I have known for about 4 years, is not only valued by his friends and family, but also by God. As a kid growing up, he was surrounded by negative thoughts, like how he was a mistake and should not have been born and why he was born. It has weighed on his mental health. Now, he knows that his identity is in Christ and he ultimately was not a mistake because God has a plan for him. Everyone is born with a purpose, even if they have the mindset of thinking that they were a mistake.
Even though he was born to young parents, he should have been able to grow up around an atmosphere of knowing that he was prized and loved. I am not saying that his parents were bad parents, because they were not. I am saying that other family members thought that having him was a bad decision and they surrounded him in the atmosphere of what they thought. Even though his parents persevered through having him but did not agree with each other on different topics, like how to raise him, his parents arguing about those differences made him think that it was because they were not ready for a child and that they did not love him as much as parents should.
For the first seven years of his life, he felt like he should not have been born. Even though his parents were young and did not know what they were getting themselves into, they still chose to keep him and raise him together. Individually, they were great parents and loved him, but together, taking care of him, they would spend more time arguing than they would caring for him. Even out of the hard time of his parents splitting up, good things came. He has a brother from his mom when she got remarried, and he now has more parental figures that show him that he is loved.
He was born to good parents, who did not find that they parented well together, but separate. He grew up around the knowledge that he was a mistake and his parents were young and dumb and should not have conceived him. But he is glad that he was born and so am I, because everyone around him realizes that he has a purpose. All lives are valuable and deserve to be cared for, even if it was a mistake. Once you grow up and mature a little bit more than you were before, there is more knowledge that every human life is valuable and they are loved. As his best friend, I can definitely say that I am very glad that he was born and I am very proud of the man that he has become today. Even through the ups and downs and doubts and troubles in life, he has still persevered and strived to be the best he can, not for anybody else, but for himself and the Lord. I am happy to say that he is loved and cherished and his parents agree that having him was the best decision they could have made. Sure, no kid growing up has a perfect life, but in reality, what it all comes down to is how their past has shaped their life and who they have become today.
