Rev. Scott Carr
It wasn't until I was 20 years old that I had any contact with either Church or Christians and was basically ignorant about God and about my need for him. Invited to church by a friend of the family, I went out of plain curiosity and over the process of several months began to put it all together. Helpfully someone gave me a bible, which was written in plain English and the first I had ever had a chance to read. First the Gospels and then the book of Acts, it was like a whole new world no one had told me about. Then one day after reading another book called Basic Christianity (which I recommend to any genuinely seeking to know more) I was presented with a choice - to carry on the way I was going - me in charge but generally drifting with little purpose, - or place Jesus Christ in charge - hand over my life to Him… And that is what I did. This was probably the first major (and certainly the most important) decision I had ever made.

Everything took on new meaning and I began to see things God's way... Later that year something amazing happened - I was talking and praying with another Christian and I suddenly relived the worst day of my childhood - the day when I was 10 and my Mother died having taken a drug overdose. As I relived that dreadful day I did so with the presence of Christ. As the day unfolded Jesus sat with me, a scared and frightened 10 year old, and for some strange reason that made everything ok. As the memory finished I felt totally new inside, for 10 years I had lived silently with my grief, anger and fear - always feeling unloved and unwanted. Now it was like I was an empty dried out well that was being flooded with fresh clean water. God filled me with his love; such as I had never known. Deeply healed, I promised God that I would serve him for as long as he gave me life, going and doing whatever he asked.

Fifteen or more years later, that love is just as strong - if not stronger, since then I have married, studied, travelled and spoken up for him. Now a father of two boys - I learnt what is was to have a true father from my heavenly Father that loves me. I've seen real miracles of healing and hundreds receive the love of Christ and be transformed. To the reader I would suggest that you too should at least investigate more, find out the truth because when you find the Truth - He will set you free.