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As a young woman I never considered God. There never seemed a need to. Even when I left behind a disastrous marriage and entered into a phase of life searching for love and acceptance and I was incredibly unhappy. God didn’t enter my thoughts.  Over a very short period of time, everyone around me seemed to be “finding God”. My parents, brother and sister, then my Boss and his family. I really felt like they were dropping like flies. It was interesting but it wasn’t for me. Then I met Karen. Karen came into the Bank where I worked to open an account. One night we were on the same bus going home. I liked her. She was young, pretty, trendy, normal. I had no idea she was a Christian. It just came out in conversation one day. I was shocked and sort of pleased at the same time that she could be a Christian. We met regularly for lunch and chatted. I always wanted to find out more about this guy called Jesus that she loved so much. As time went by I found myself wanting what Karen had, but kept holding back because of my home situation. I found I couldn’t sleep at night, I really wanted what Karen had. She’d explained what I had to do to talk to God, to ask him to forgive me for all my past, to turn away from my old way of life and to know that Jesus died on the cross just for me, to give me a new life, a different life, a better life. I really wanted to do it but I just couldn’t work out how to sort my home life first. It was five long months later, I was tired and worn out trying to sort things out. One day as I was walking along I just called out to God “Look I can’t sort it, you’ll have to”. The next day I said that prayer to God on my own in my bedroom. It was the last week of August. There was no flashing light, no dramatic change, but over the next few weeks I knew I was different. I knew something had happened. God did sort my home life out in a way I never imagined possible. You see, I’ve learnt His ways are not always our ways, they are actually better. That was 21 years ago. God still surprises me, challenges me, forgives me, and most of all loves me. I couldn’t be without him. Do you want to find out more? Why not come along to Kings Church on a Sunday morning at 11:00am. We meet on New Lane, Selby. Hope to see you there. Mary |
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