Faith Value Project

Faith is the first value in the book, so for most people it is one of the first values finished. I am one of those people. It was, I believe, the first value I had completely finished. Even now it is one of the only values that I have finished.

For my value project, I took an idea directly from the book."Describe the blessing of faith by writing an original story, poem, or song or by completing a visual arts project that illustrates your faith in Jesus Christ."

I believe that I am a fairly good artist, so I decided to draw about my faith.

My steps that I have written down are

1. Think of an idea, and then make a rough sketch
2. Start the actual drawing
3. Sign the finished product and show it to my family, leaders, and class

My idea was to draw The Saviors' hand supporting my own as coins that have the word faith written in multiple languages. 

The final product came out to look like this

This took almost fourteen hours to complete, and I am immensely proud of my work.

As I was typing this, I remember a story I wrote for my creative writing class that I took four or five years ago. Thinking back to it now (I've long since lost it), I can remember that it was about faith.

I believe it went something similar to this;

A man wandered the cold, snowy streets. He was barely clothed for the cold winter weather of Northern Utah, but when he passed a warm shelter he simply walked by. This man wasn't looking for any temporary warmth from a fire, but something to warm him from the inside.

He continued walking blindly through the streets of Salt Lake City until he came across a bright white building. He looked around wondering what the building could possibly be, and he saw another building. This one was smaller, more modest compared to the castle that stood near by. He walked over to this smaller building and looked at the sign near the door.

It read "Welcome to the Salt Lake City Temple Visitors' Center".
When the man read these words, he felt a warmth start in his heart. He opened the door and stepped inside.

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The original story was a bit more detailed than that, but this was basically a summary. A man was searching for something to warm him inside. He was wandering the streets of Salt Lake until he came across this building. Upon investigation of this building, he gets a warming sensation in his chest. What lead him to the temple? What was the feeling he had when he read the words of the sign?

I am not saying that you should go and try to copy my idea and draw something, or write something, especially if you are not confident in your artistic ability. I am just trying to motivate you and give you an idea of what is possible.



Want some more ideas for your project? Click here for quick access to The Personal Progress Helper's post on faith value projects.