Simon's Life Story: A Life Worth Living

My life was a mess. I felt like I was sinking deeper and deeper into a hole.

1 to 2 bottles of wine a day, a failing second marriage, and a very hurtful relationship with my son; I felt that the only way out was to run away, so I packed a few of my belongings and went to Europe to live with a woman I hardly knew. Guess what? My troubles followed me, and my life got worse. No job, no family, and a relationship based on escape and sex, neither of which would last. At 50, my future looked very bleak. I felt I had no reason to live anymore.

After 5 months of misery, self pity, and depression, I felt I had to come back to Canada and say my final "farewells". I got a return ticket and flew back, intending only to stay for 10 days.

The next week was the hardest time of my life.  I was seeing how much my wife and children needed me. I felt torn between them and my relationship with the other woman. On one side of the ocean, I had a family and all the responsibilities that went along with it; on the other side of the ocean, a very selfish escape.

Then my 14 year old daughter asked me to come to church with her. I had always been very uncomfortable around Christians; their lives seemed to be “too good to be true”. I went in spite of my discomfort, and I discovered that while I was away, people had been praying for me and my family to be reunited. People who were barely acquaintances had been praying for me.

God answered their prayers, because he started to work in my life, and I began to feel safe at church instead of threatened. I had stopped drinking and my family relationships were beginning to mend. My despair turned to hope as I realized that I had a very strong reason to live: God had given me back my family.

After only a few weeks, I said a prayer asking Jesus to come into my life. What a relief! All of those terrible empty places in my life were filled with the love of God. I had never felt so peaceful. I feel His love every day. He is there to heal me, comfort me, teach me, and guide me. It is so freeing to know that as long as I walk the path of God's truth and love, I will never be alone.

My prayer is that you will ask Jesus into YOUR life, that you will be filled with his love and peace, and that the hurts from your past will be healed. You will be a new person knowing that Jesus is there for you.

Who is Jesus?

How can I change my life?