Children's Playgroup Leader

"I also saw clearly that Jesus Christ was the only one who could save me, by dying in my place."

A world without God? I never believed that there wasn't a God, and the Bible's picture of a perfect God, an imperfect world, and myself as incapable of being good for one minute, always struck home. As a teenager, reading the story of Noah with my parents, I saw clearly my need for personal assurance that I was safe from God's right anger at my sin.

I also saw clearly that Jesus Christ was the only one who could save me, by dying in my place. I begged him to forgive me and give me the gift of new life, and the truths of the Bible became a precious reality.

At college I met friends who talked about "loving God", and Jesus loving them and their emotion made me uncomfortable! But God changed my heart so that I could say not only that I believed, but that I loved, as I realised more and more that Jesus' cross wasn't a cosmic bargain, but an outpouring of God the Father's love so that I and whoever believes could have a personal relationship with him.

When our first child was stillborn, some expected me to lose my faith. But I knew that if there was a God, then he was a good God and God was so close to me in the difficult times, I couldn't doubt his existence. Today I can tell both our young boys that, by God's kindness and not my own merit, I still believe in him and love him.