Stacey's Story

There was no talk of Jesus, there was no talk of a God of love0Nothing like that at all0Just became very regimental and I just wasn't being fulfilled0Hi, I'm Stacey and this is my story0Before I became a Christian, I would have been a very outgoing type of person0I was working from the age of 15 trying to get along with me exams at school but never really any interest there0I was brought up in a non0Christian household0I lost two boys who would be 19 and 18 now0I just struggled with grief0I was just overwhelmed by the loss and I didn't know how to cope with it0I was married at the time and I put a lot of strain on my marriage0Every day was just a struggle0I closed myself off from my family and my friends and just found that I didn't know where to turn, I didn't have the answers to those 'why' questions0Why did this happen to me0What did I do wrong0Was there a way I could fix it0And Jehovah's Witnesses just happened to call on my door and they quoted a scripture from Revelation 21, three and four which said there would be no more pain and suffering in the world, so from that I went to study with them three nights a week and started going to all the meetings0Was baptised but my heart just wasn't in that0I just felt that there was no talk of Jesus, there was no talk of a God of love, nothing like that at all0Just became very regimental and I just wasn't being fulfilled0I decided to leave after an amount of time being there and I took a job, Moms and Tots in a local church and started to attend a meeting there0After three or four meetings, then I felt that I did have a presence of somebody who loved me, who wanted to know me and I became a Christian then through a talk that a guy had given there0Now I'm a more confident person, I'm happy, I feel loved, I feel forgiven0I wasn't the failure that I thought I was0I've found my identity in Jesus now and I've two girls that I just am totally blessed to have