Hi I'm Becky, I have two daughters Kiera and Mia and I and have been married to Simon for 8 Years. I grew up in a small village just south of Bristol, and went to a small Church of England school and then to Chew Valley Comprehensive. Although throughout my childhood I believed in God, I did nothing about it. I went to church at Christmas, was in the church choir for a while and classed myself as a " Christian "
Throughout my twenties I basically ignored God choosing to do as I saw fit, whilst sill believing i was a Christian. My rational was that I was a good person as I was a nurse, so i had to be worthy for heaven didn't I? I was kind and mostly put others before myself, all the things i thought God wanted of me. Towards the latter end of my twenties, I did start to think about God more, who was he? what relevance did he have in my life? I never really got the man with the big white bearded sitting on a cloud, was he just there to judge us and if so did I like this God?
I read many many books tried Buddhism, meditation all sorts of stuff to try and get closer to this personal spirit called God. Nothing seemed to work though I never truly felt satisfied. I was always yearning for something more. What I have now come to realise is that I did not have a personal relationship with god. The only way I could was through his son Jesus Christ.
Slowly in the last couple of years I went back to my childhood and the teachings of the Bible where my journey began. Around this time my good friends and neighbours Sarra and Wayne started attending Oasis Church Gowerton. Alissa, Sarra and Wayne's daughter began attending the youth group at oasis . Alissa was obviously enjoying and asked Kiera my eldest daughter to come along. I said yes without really thinking about it, a couple of hours entertainment for her I thought!
Kiera went for a couple of sessions and then Wayne asked if I would like to go along to the Church service. " Did I ?" I didn't really have a good enough excuse not to, so I did. Did I enjoy? well yes. I attended a few more times, but then l let life get in the way. Those few services however had made me start to think about this man called Jesus and what he did and gave up for me. This played in the back of my mind for a few months until a girlie shopping trip to Rome in November 2009. This trip changed my whole perspective on my life and my relationship with God. I didn't have any major Eureka moments, didn't have any visions, no major revelations, however slowly over the week i realised that this man Jesus Christ was a pretty big deal. He wasn't just a good man, people will stick up for a good man but many many people died defending him and his position. It began to fall into place, what my life was missing was a relationship with God. I wasn't sure how to get it, but I knew a good place to start. Once in the departure lounge on the way home from Rome " the time I am normally pacing and throwing back the vodka, I hate flying." I was texting Sarra to ask her if i could go to church with her the next morning. I didn't get her text back until we landed at 11pm but she said yes and I was elated.
The rest as they say is history my life and my family's life has been transformed, God has done some amazing things in our lives and all because I let him back in. For thirty three years I ignored him and I thank him daily that he let me back into relationship with him.
What do I see and hope for my future?
A continued relationship with God, learning more about his word. I want to help Oasis church grow as much as I can because the love and teaching I have received in the short time has been fantastic, I see members of the church as inspirations to me.
I was talking about Jesus and God to a friend of mine and she said " You have to be careful when you talk to people, you are full of enthusiasm as its all new to you, it will ware off." I never want it to wear off and when I look at members of my church i can see Gods love doesn't wear off.
The commitment and passion for God and Jesus Christ is there and it's not going anywhere.
Becky xx
