Kierkegaard believes that what you love defines what being you are. There are ultimately three different things one can love; loving oneself, loving others, and loving God. We love ourselves for pleasure. For example, when we struggle with the world for what we are trying to get comes from the need of a sense of pleasure or a desire one has. When we love others we struggle by sacrificing everything we have for our loved ones. Last but not least we love God because we believe and have faith in God. Kierkegaard proclaims that having faith is trusting in God. It can take a whole life time to develop faith. Is is definitely not an easy task. For example, in a movie called, A Walk To Remember. Landon, a high school student, was into all the wrong things: partying, fighting, breaking all kinds of laws, etc. He did not realize how bad things had gotten until someone he knew almost died due to his sinful actions. After getting into deep trouble, he realized that enough was enough. He had to pay a lot of consequences after almost killing his friend. He was ordered to be a part of the school play, he had to help tutor the young, and he had to help out around the community. Through all of this, he met a girl named Jamie Sullivan. Jamie was not like any other girl at school. She was extremely religious and lived her life vicariously through God’s will. After falling in love with her, Landon comes to realize that she has Leukemia. However, that did not get in the way of his love for her. Jaimie was such a faithful Christian and lived her life the proper way. She felt that although she was dying, she had no reason to be angry with God. This made Landon fall even more in love with her. They eventually got married because she didn’t have that much time left. After she died, Landon got his act together, became a doctor, and a faithful Christian. He realized that this was what God had planned for him all along. Through Jaimie and through God, Landon found God’s will. He was finally set free from his sinful ways. He fully trusted in God to take care of Jaimie and to help guide him with the rest of his life. Although it took a while and it was not an easy task, in the end, he fully had faith and trust in God.
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