00:00
I kind of came in kinda
backwards, sideways into faith.
00:04
My name's Jennifer and this is my story.
00:07
I'd been bullied at school for many years.
00:12
I'd gone to university but
still felt detached and alone
00:16
so I'd, yeah, I left uni and
00:21
looked at different careers
00:25
I just couldn't find identity.
00:29
My way out of that was to go abroad
00:34
and I was on holiday in Cappadocia
00:37
which Paul writes about
in the New Testament.
00:40
I'd just got married five months before
00:43
and within about a week or two
00:48
of coming back from Turkey
00:51
I was gone from my home.
00:55
My eyes had been opened to the fact
00:57
that I was not safe in my home.
00:59
I was terrified. I'd
done all these things,
01:03
crystals, Tarot, everything, you name it,
01:09
When I first got to church I was aware
01:13
that the men, especially,
they were very different
01:17
in terms of conversation and respect
01:21
and kindness and gentleness
01:25
because I had not experienced that at all.
01:30
I'd experienced anger, rejection,
01:37
violence and I don't see those things.
01:42
Not in my church, I don't see those,
01:44
and it's, everyone is equal.
01:47
Women are given space and a voice
01:53
All of the experiences I
have come through in life
01:57
it's all for redemption.
02:02
A lot of time spent
getting to know who God is
02:04
through His word. It's God
of the Bible first of all,
02:08
that's what I knew, but it
wasn't until the following spring
02:12
that I realised it was Jesus.
02:15
His suffering was greater than mine
02:20
or anyone else's could ever be.
02:22
He died and He visited hell
02:26
and I felt it was really,
02:29
very very tough and dark for
me but I didn't do either
02:32
of those things and he did
that out of His love for me.