My Bible: reasons to believe in the power of the Bible
'In August 2016 I lost my job. My biggest worry was financial. I have three daughters. I had a mortgage. I was already struggling with the mortgage and three daughters on my own. That was the biggest thing.
I had to sell the house last year and I was on benefits for about seven or eight weeks. Now I share a flat with a friend. Two of my daughters sleep on the sofa and I share a room with my friend.
The passage that spoke to me through this was Proverbs 3.5-6. It says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” I ate those verses. I really needed them.
That’s what’s kept me through this in one sense. As Christians, we are meant to live by faith and not by sight. I said to God, “It’s bad, but it’s not going to be bad for ever.” I have drawn so much strength from these verses. I felt very reassured when I read it.
There I was, the facts of my life were really bad, but the word of the Lord was saying, don’t look at how you understand it. I have had to trust the Lord and that hasn’t been easy, because I’m not a very patient person. But I’m starting a new job on Thursday. I’m looking forward to it.'
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I keep coming back to John 6.67–68
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