Hello, my name is Dael Kim.

As a student, I often lived with anxiety about my studies and my future. The pressure to do well and the moments of comparing myself with others gradually caused me to lose confidence and left my heart feeling exhausted.

There was a time in particular when my exam results were far worse than I had expected. I felt deep disappointment in myself and was overwhelmed with anxiety. I kept thinking, “Why am I only this good?” and tried to carry everything on my own.

But in that moment, for the first time, I came before God with complete honesty in prayer. When I laid down my worries and fears and entrusted them to Him, my situation did not change immediately, but an unexplainable peace filled my heart. And I received the strength to stand up again.

Through that experience, I came to realize something important: I am not living this life on my own—God is always with me, holding me and guiding me. Since then, instead of trying to do everything perfectly, I have been learning to trust God and take one step at a time.

Even now, I still have weaknesses and moments when I feel shaken. But each time, I come before God and receive strength again. Rather than remaining in anxiety as before, I am learning to make choices in faith.

As a daughter of God, saved by grace through faith, I now live each day with that assurance.

I believe that all of these changes are not by my own strength, but by the grace of God.

Thank you.