My Journey back to God

On Sunday 7th may, I went to my second Open Heaven meeting, and I have to say how great it was. I would like to thank you for helping me shed light on my relationship with God.

I attended church from the time I was born till I was 17, I was very pro-active in the church, regularly attending Sunday church and I was a youth group leader, musician and even took my own sermon once or twice. However, things went down hill when I started playing American football, which incidentally coincided with church on a Sunday. I decided to go to church one week and then play American football the other. However, commitment to the American football team became a priority and ended up not going completely. Also an argument that sprung up between some of the people at the church and my parents caused us to leave. I never went to church again until 30th April.

For those 3 years, I strayed onto the wrong path and ended up getting depressed and stressed about everything, I even was thinking about ending it all there and then. I just felt that it was all getting too much, I felt lonely despite having friends around me, I felt empty and felt as though I was carrying a ton of bricks on my head.

However;

During a night at the Union, I started speaking to a friend of mine Jon Staplehurst, I knew he was a Christian and I ended up asking him where and when he went to church!. He explained to me about Open Heaven and decided to go. I felt right at home as soon as I walked into room 1. The afternoon there was fantastic, great worship and great sermon, that night I prayed to God to renew my relationship, I always new that he was still there for me over the past 3 years, however I chose to ignore him and strayed in the completely wrong direction.

As soon as I walked into Open Heaven, I felt as though those bricks were lifted off of me. Being a part of Open Heaven and renewing my relationship with God, meant that immediately the depression and stress began to leave. I have never felt better, and have made a lot of great friends.

‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.’ Rev 3:20

I tell you something, this was my revelation. I felt like all this time Jesus was knocking at the door, asking to come in, but I ignored it. Thankfully the knock became louder and louder until I decided to open the door.

My only wish is to turn back time and attend Open Heaven in my first year and become more pro-active within the church, however being a finalist, I will just have to make the best I have with the time I do have.

I would like to say thank you to you all.
God Bless

Owen (Booler)

Posted by: Owen Booler on Thursday Jun 1st, 2006

Comments

Matt Page writes:

Cool Owen, nice to have the encouragement. Thasnk

Matt

...left on Friday Jun 2nd, 2006

Ian Scarrott writes:

good work mate, testimonies are amazing, and it's really positive to hear that you have opened that door to Jesus, come on God!

...left on Monday Jun 5th, 2006

Adam Fenton-Smith writes:

Cheers Owen for sharing your story, your journey back to discovering God and his involvement in your life are so good to hear, testimonies are so encouraging.

...left on Tuesday Jun 6th, 2006

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