True stories

Whilst all this was happening I decided to go travelling with a friend for a year through America and Australia, a time of great freedom one would think.

I found myself looking upon such wonderful places and beautiful creation but inside remember being utterly unfulfilled. Creation without the creator was meaningless, and so was my life without God in it! I was in a place where I didn’t know any Christians, didn’t know of a Christian Church and had no bible. But something within me yearned to be in communion with God again. I had no peace and no assurance anymore! If I was to die today where would I go?

During this time there were two bible verses that the Lord kept bringing back to my remembrance. One was “For where your treasure is there will your heart be also” and the other “Vanity, vanity all is vanity.”

I began to pray again and bought a bible and as I took steps towards God, God met me! Through the rest of the time I was travelling God amazingly brought Christians alongside me!

Mandy the friend I was travelling with was an unbeliever, and during our travels she also gave her life to Jesus.

One of Jesus names is Emmanuel which means ‘God with us’. He certainly was and is….. I thought that I was running away from God but actually through Gods amazing grace I was running to Him.

I no longer live my life pleasing myself, but I’m simply allowing God to live His life through me. I want to live in His will for my life, because He really does know best!

Have you ever felt like running away? I tried… by running as far as it’s possible to run… but with amazing results!

My story starts when as a young girl a change took place in my home - my mum became a Christian. From then on I was regularly taken to Church and by my late teens had decided that I needed a personal relationship with Jesus.

However, during my mid twenties I went through some really hard circumstances, but instead of drawing closer to God I slowly pulled away from Him. I wanted to live life my way for a while, and so did what all my friends who didn’t believe in God were doing. And yet in my heart I knew this wasn’t right, I knew this wasn’t what God wanted for me and I wasn’t content.