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Jennifer's Story

Having tried crystals, tarot, travel, escapism and more, Jennifer eventually found what she was looking for in Jesus

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Jennifer's Story

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Having tried crystals, tarot, travel, escapism and more, Jennifer eventually found what she was looking for in Jesus

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I kind of came in kinda backwards, sideways into faith.

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My name's Jennifer and this is my story.

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I'd been bullied at school for many years.

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I'd gone to university but still felt detached and alone

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so I'd, yeah, I left uni and

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looked at different careers

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I just couldn't find identity.

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My way out of that was to go abroad

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and I was on holiday in Cappadocia

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which Paul writes about in the New Testament.

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I'd just got married five months before

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and within about a week or two

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of coming back from Turkey

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I was gone from my home.

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My eyes had been opened to the fact

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that I was not safe in my home.

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I was terrified. I'd done all these things,

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crystals, Tarot, everything, you name it,

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looking for Jesus.

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When I first got to church I was aware

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that the men, especially, they were very different

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in terms of conversation and respect

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and kindness and gentleness

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because I had not experienced that at all.

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I'd experienced anger, rejection,

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violence and I don't see those things.

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Not in my church, I don't see those,

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and it's, everyone is equal.

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Women are given space and a voice

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and love.

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All of the experiences I have come through in life

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it's all for redemption.

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A lot of time spent getting to know who God is

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through His word. It's God of the Bible first of all,

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that's what I knew, but it wasn't until the following spring

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that I realised it was Jesus.

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His suffering was greater than mine

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or anyone else's could ever be.

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He died and He visited hell

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and I felt it was really,

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very very tough and dark for me but I didn't do either

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of those things and he did that out of His love for me.

October 2019
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Different faiths
Women

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