Sue

My mum obviously enjoyed church and I remember watching her sing some of the hymns with real conviction and love for God. These are lovely memories.

My childhood went well, until Mum became ill, and years later was diagnosed as bi-polar. This had a massive impact on our family, which changed our lives completely, and was a hard time for all of us, particularly my dad. It was difficult for a lot of people to understand, including us. I don’t think I ever fully understood it but remember praying one night when things were really bad and the next day Mum making an amazing recovery. God really heard my prayer that night, although unfortunately Mum did still carry on suffering with her illness for the rest of her life.

God has since answered so many of my prayers in amazing ways and when I look back on my life, I have clearly seen Him at work, always knowing what is best for me and providing for me in so many different ways.

Throughout my teens and adult life, I carried on attending church, accepted Christ as my Saviour, sometimes feeling close to God and other times drifting away when other things in life took over; but God always brought me back and never gave up on me and I truly felt His forgiveness.

There have been difficult times in my life when, like everyone, it’s hard to know why things happen, but I have learned to trust God, that He is in full control of my life and will be alongside me whatever life brings my way and that with Him, I will get through!

I know that He loves me unconditionally, accepting me for who I am and that I simply need to believe and trust in Him.