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I've always claimed to know about God. From a young age I was able to recite Bible verses and simple biblical truths; I was the typical Sunday School kid who loved getting the answers right and I always strived to receive praise from my teachers, even at school. Although I'd never boast about it, I was quietly confident in my own intelligence and I loved doing well at school. I always had the right answers as far as I was concerned.

At the beginning of my high school years someone challenged me with the question, Do you know where you will spend eternity?
The answer seemed obvious. Heaven. But the real challenge came when he proceeded to ask,
How do you know for sure?
I realised at that point that I didn't know the right answer. To be completely honest to myself at that point, I had no assurance. My life so far had merely been hopeful hopeful that I would make it into Heaven on the basis of coming from a Christian family and knowing my Children's bible. As I was beginning to realise just how vain my childhood hope had been, that person shared with me the best news anyone could ever hear.

Then, I received eternal life.

I didn't have to be hopeful anymore, because I could be absolutely 100% certain of having eternal life! I now see that the difference in my life was that previously I only knew of God. Now I know God.




As I've gotten to know God, I have continually experienced his grace and I see God at work in my life every day. The joy of being restored in relationship with the God who made the universe is so deep and so profound that nothing in this world could compare to it or take it away. I believe that this is what it means to experience life as it was created to be; in relationship with God.

Because of what God has done for me, I not only have a clear purpose for this earthly life but I also know for sure that one day I'll go home; this reassurance gives me an immovable sense of peace. And what's more, the eternal life I was created for is not just on the other side of death; it's already started!