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'I was a civil engineer: building bridges, railways and roads. My husband and I bought this house and thought we’d fill it with a family. We were going through infertility treatment. I had two early miscarriages and then a later miscarriage with our son, Kendi, which means “loved one”.

Then I got pregnant with Rachel. We were so worried. I read Matthew 6.34 which says “do not worry”. I held on to that. I knew God was with me. Miscarriage makes you feel alone. But this verse made me feel that I wasn’t alone any more. That was a real comfort to me.

I had been so depressed that I couldn’t get out of bed. This verse gave me a deep sense of God holding me no matter what happened. Rachel is 11 now.

Her birth was really life-changing. She’s been a blessing. Then in the October half term of 2015 I lost my sight overnight. I got up from the sofa to go to bed and thought “My sight isn’t right.” The next morning it had gone.

It was a huge shock. Everything has changed. I can’t drive. I can’t see Rachel’s face, her expression, her freckles. I can’t read, and I’m a voracious reader. I can’t read music either. I felt it had destroyed my life.

I read Psalm 18.16 and Deuteronomy 31.8. I felt that the Lord was with me as I was going through it, that he was ahead of me, that he is my guide. These verses have given me hope. It’s a spiritual and physical enabling. It’s like God’s saying, “I still want you to go out and be who you are.” I love reading the Bible.

Now I listen to it online on my computer and my phone. I read verses that are familiar to me, but often I type in a word like “worry” and see what the Bible has to say about that. It’s brilliant.'

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