From chaos to peace · My 5 minute testimony

From chaos to peace

I guess my most important testimony is my journey to faith and the results of that. Like many people, I grew up in a lot of chaos and also had two serious periods of homelessness. I manage to avoid addiction circles, which is a miracle in itself, but never really sustained a relationship, a job, a home etc for more than 3 years before things fell apart.

I had no idea that I was the problem.

I had no religious upbringing and very little Christian influence except for hymns sung at primary school (age 5 to 11), but my increasing realisation of my part that I played in my chaos encouraged me to consider my worth, my value and what I can offer to the world.

Like many others, I asked "There must be more to life than this".

I came to faith through being curious and recognised that the Christian faith was the only one that gave me eternity as a free gift, not as a response to being good. For a man that had little self-worth, this was a powerful revelation.

It has been a long journey but one of increasing peace and an increasing understanding of my reason and purpose for being alive.

That's perhaps enough for now.

Thanks for reading this.

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