My need before I received eternal life was to always be accepted by the people I came in contact with.
I always looked to what was going on around me to gain security rather than to stop and think about the real meaning of life.
Eventually I stopped trying to please everyone and realised that I needed to have fresh start in life.
Before I received eternal life I felt like I had no real real direction, it was like I was just coasting in life. I remember that I was so into sports that I finally realised that my life was being consumed by other things. Finally, I stopped trying and was introduced to Jesus.
Then, I received eternal life.
After I recived eternal life I found that I started to have real direction and meaning in my life. I knew that I had been created for a puprose.
I have never doubted that I have eternal life and I have always known for sure that when I died I would go to heaven.