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
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