One of my students wrote this in response to a question about what she believes.  Pretty real.  Pretty awesome.

I am not a perfect person. I know sin is hard to resist and that sometimes we don’t even realize we are sinning until we do and it’s time to face the consequences.  I believe that God has a plan for us but lets us have room to make good or bad decisions.  I don’t pray strongly or read the Bible often, but the way I connect to God is music.  Most of my relationship is made up by songs I’ve heard, written or sung, and I feel a special connection through that music.  I think that’s one of the puzzle pieces to this giant life question.  The reason I go to church is because I want to feel that in that moment, standing there raising my voice in praise, that I’m perfect, cleansed and made whole.  Sin is there to test us, to test our faith in the Lord, and to remind us that we are human, not perfect.  I have learned not to pray for an answer but to pray about the problem.  Every test I go through, I grow closer to God.  Friends who don’t believe, who try to mess me up, whatever the case may be, it doesn’t matter when I’m singing to the Lord!