Stop Suffering ISSUE018 | Page 15

Spiritual Treatment Sunday at 10am The more money we made, the more we wanted. We had a plan and we were ready to take action. I remember a time when we decided to rob a house until the police chased us down the road… I ran for my life till the point of going to the woods nearby and all I could hear were dogs barking and helicopters all around. When all seemed quiet and calm, we decided to go to the train station to go back home, but all of a sudden the police saw us and caught us redhanded with six phones and $600. That was the evening that made me think. As we arrived at the police station, they placed us individually in our own cells and the so-called “hard men” suddenly became little boys crying. At that moment, my life flashed before my eyes and I thought of how I didn’t want my life to be like that. I closed my eyes and said a simple honest prayer to God, begging him to let me out. If He did, I promised I wouldn’t be the same. However, when I came out, I wasn’t true to my word; instead, I diverted my time to girls. I would use them and, once they gave me what I wanted, I had nothing to do with them. It became my new focus, to a point where my cousin and I would bet on how many girls we could sleep with within a week. During this time I was invited to the UCKG Help Centre and my main objective wasn’t to change my life; on the contrary, I came due to girls… looking back, I see how immature I was, but my life didn’t change until a few years later. I hadn’t realised that most of the actions I took was because of the things I didn’t resolve from when I was a child. I was attending the Help Centre where I constantly heard motivational words that sparked my faith into action, and helped me remember the decision I made to be a new man. I have changed both inside and out, but in order to be this new person I had to make a decision to throw away all of my old SIM cards, the access I had to pornography and leave my old friendships behind. It was the best decision I have ever made, and because of it I am happily married, I have the family of my dreams and I am a project manager for the local council, helping others to make the right decisions in life. All of this is possible for you too, but only when you decide! Sherwain Nurse STOP SUFFERING|15