My God Encounter

Steve’s Encounter

I was born and raised on the South Coast of England to a sailor and a barmaid. My father was away for most of the year and my mother had to work full time to support a family of five. For the most part I was left to my own devises. During long bouts of boredom I began to get into things that became harmful to myself and others. Being left alone to fend for myself I became angry, hateful, and desctructive. I played around with the occult, which made me gravely afraid of things in the dark. I knew I shouldn’t mess around with these things but I did anyway. I had no religious upbringing, and apart from the Scouts and school outings I had never been to a Church. I had heard about Jesus, but was never told the Gospel and how I could know Him. Then in the midst of the darkness I found a small Bible and at night I would read it. This was the gift I needed to make the fear go away just long enough for me to sleep. It spoke of every day things pertaining to every day situations. It told me that there was indeed a devil (of which I already believed in deeply), but also, that there was a loving God who would forgive me, cleanse me, and love me. So one night in my bedroom I prayed a real prayer from the depths of my heart, and for the first time in my life, I called out to Jesus. I asked him to forgive me for all crazy ways and my sins. For my hatred, for my womanising, and for the drugs I had taken. And He did forgive me. I awoke the next morning a changed man. I felt clean, the air seemed crisper. For the first time in my life I experienced the true love of God, my Creator. I have never gone back to that life of sin again, but I enjoy the presence and love of God that is available to me every day.

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