I married when I was 20, and had 2 boys by the time I was 24. I wanted to take them to Sunday school but began to question my own beliefs. I began to read everything I could find, except the Bible. A neighbour challenged me with the truths of the Bible. When I suggested the Bible might say something different to me she very quickly gave me a Bible. As I read and discussed it with her, something changed. I began to see that I had “unfinished business” with God and it became important to resolve the turmoil within me. I read in the Bible that “all have sinned and fallen short of God„s glory” and I didn?t like it at all. I wrestled with this for a long time. The Bible also said I was separated from God. That was easy to believe because I had never felt that He was close to me, just that He existed in Heaven. I had always believed that Jesus had died on the cross. Now, as I read the Bible and talked with others about what it said I started to understand that Jesus died for me personally and that His death, received by me for my sin, is what will take me to Heaven some day, and give me a personal relationship with God now. My friend encouraged me to talk to God and so one day, with great hesitation I did. I told Him I wasn?t even sure if He was real but if He was, would He give me a sign. That week I received 2 “signs” that were obviously from Him. I was blown away by this. I was watching Billy Graham on TV alone one night, and I knelt on the floor and accepted Jesus? gift; payment for my sin…for me personally.

God gave me new eyes to see-everything around me looked different. He gave me a new heart-one that cared about people and things that never mattered before. Things I used to like, I didn?t like at all anymore. And so my life began to change in dramatic ways over the next years of my life. It has not been easy ever since. I have been through a divorce, and have lost a relationship with one of my sons for many years. There have been many times of pain and struggle. But…I know that I belong to God, to Jesus. I know I?m going to Heaven and I know why and how. His presence is always with me and He loves me and guides me and never gives up on me. Nobody will ever be able to tell me He is not real because He is real to me. The best decision I have made in my whole life is to commit my life to Jesus and to seek His will for my life. I continue to grow and want to know Him more and hear more clearly the things He is trying to say to me. One of my favourite verses is Psalm 16:11 “You make known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your Presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.” He?s done that for me