I would be lying if I said I was a spiritual person. Yes I was born in a Christian family. I went to church but I never felt spiritual. I was more of a religious person. I knew God existed and we went to church to give Him praise and thanks but that was just about all of it.

When a loved one passed away I felt that God didn’t love me. I thought that if He did He wouldn’t have allowed it to happen. What I didn’t know is that God only presents us with challenges he knows we are strong enough to handle. They said that everything that happens happens for a reason . Back then I didn’t know the reason for the death of my loved one but now I realize that it was through that ,that God enabled me to realize what I wanted to do with my life.

I remember one day I was at a crusade and the preacher told us to tell our needs to God. I closed my eyes and didn’t initially say anything. People around me were crying to God and I was just there looking at them. I started praying the basic prayer ‘our father’. Before I even realized I was crying to God telling Him everything I couldn’t tell anyone. I cried to Him and I remember saying”if you can hear me please show me some light at the end of this tunnel.” I told Him that I feel like the world is weighing down on me and am about to give up.

For the first time in my life I felt that God had listened to me. Surely He showed me that I can always trust in Him. But that doesn’t mean that there won’t be temptations. They would be there but through His grace we will be able to overcome them.