I Didn’t Know How to Relate to God Until He Showed Me
Years ago, while interviewing for a role in the Christian Fellowship, I was asked: “Who is God to you?”
When I heard that, I drew a blank.
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Years ago, while interviewing for a role in the Christian Fellowship, I was asked: “Who is God to you?”
When I heard that, I drew a blank.
My worldview informed me that to be beautiful—to be perfect—I had to be thin. When a schoolmate commented on how I had gained weight, that really impressed on me how “imperfect” I was.
Even though my parents had supposedly dedicated our family to the Lord, sometimes it felt like we weren’t that different from non-Christian families; in fact, it seemed like we were worse off.
An organisation in my college was calling for submissions for a writers’ workshop, so I decided to try it out, as I had just finished writing a story.
What course should I take?
What career should I pursue?
Who should I date—and marry?
Making decisions in life is hard enough, but it’s even harder as a Christian…
Some weeks ago, I wrote to this Christian publication to cancel my subscription. I had intended to end my life, and I was worried that their continued postages to my house would upset my mother.
When I was on a mission trip a few years ago, God impressed upon me His love for Mongolia. So I left home and flew 5,000 kilometres to a new city.
I started working in a local church two years ago. Working in church wasn’t new to me, as I had worked in my home church before.
“I am thankful I got caught because otherwise I would have just continued what I was doing.”
“Actually, we can be thankful that we have food and a roof over our heads.”
These are snippets of what inmates have shared with me in my short time volunteering with a prison fellowship ministry.
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