Students write about Conversion of St. Paul

Students at St. Paul School wrote essays on the Conversion of St. Paul for the feast day of the Conversion which was celebrated January 25. First place ribbons were awarded for the best essay in each grade.

The winners were Shannon Lloyd, grade 8; Allison Bachmann, grade 7; Anna Ligggett, grade 6, Blake Baldwin, grade 5; Holly Adam, grade 4; Angelina Riehl, grade 3; Conner Bender, grade 2; Corley Wightman, grade 1, and London Proobnik, kindergarten.

Here is one of the essays. This was written by fifth grader Blake Baldwin

The most important thing I learned after reading the story on Saint Paul is that God is a forgiving God. Even though Saint Paul hated Christians and tortured and harassed the followers of Jesus, he was still forgiven. Because Saint Paul was forgiven and was given the gift to believe in God, Saint Paul began teaching everyone how to know and love God. As Catholics, we have also been given the gift to believe in God. We need to remember that God knows we are not perfect and we are going to make mistakes. But, when we ask for forgiveness, we need to mean it. We can't just ask God to forgive us and turn around and do it again. We need to really be sorry and do our best not to repeat the mistake. We need to try our best to live every day like God wants us to.