Hate sections like these so I thought I’d just take this opportunity to share a mini testimony.
Here goes;
Life has its fair share of ups and downs. Becoming a Christian or being raised as one even didn’t exempt me from any of that. Life as a Christian, I realised, didn’t mean I didn’t struggle. It only meant I didn’t struggle alone. From the family issues, to being taken advantage of, to getting into bad relationships – God walked beside me every step of the way. I found a friend in Him. I found comfort in His Spirit. I found a relationship with a Father who was also my God. He was always there. Waiting for me to run into His already outstretched arms. This world of brokenness and hurt and evil weighed absolutely nothing in comparison to the joy and love and forgiveness I found in Him. He healed me of the hurt, He allowed me to forgive those who caused the hurt and He didn’t just stop there; Jesus took away my every sin (long before I ever deserved or was aware it). This darkness that wasn’t just in the world around me but in me, I realised. But the greater the darkness, the more His light shone through.