God seemed a long way from me.

I was brought up in a Christian family and can remember being in church my whole life. However, I didn’t make a commitment until I was baptised when I was seventeen.
Life seemed pretty good. I went to university for 4 years, then came back to Thornhill where I worshipped regularly.

However, when I was 27, I got married and for 5 years suffered abuse. I finally got the courage to leave and my life was so upside down. I felt guilty for getting married in the first place. So many people had reservations about the marriage and I had ignored them. I hadn’t listened to God and my faith took a dive. I spent the next 10 years in and out of hospital with suicide admissions, and I was on heavy medication, referred to a psychologist and had weekly nurse visits. God seemed a long way from me.