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My Dad left when I was two

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‘My Dad left when I was two. He was in and out of our lives. He was there, but just once a week. Growing up without a father figure in my life made me wonder why I was here. Whenever someone talked to me about God, I thought He was on a white, fluffy cloud saying, “You are never good enough”.

I had always tried to prove myself to father figures, but I had a sense of rejection.

When I became a Christian, it was Isaiah 61.1 that felt dropped into my spirit. It says, “The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor, to bind up the broken-hearted.”

I realised that was me. I was in a place of darkness. I was broken-hearted. I realised, when I read this, that the Lord had held my broken heart. I feel that is my mandate really, to proclaim the good news.

My day job is as a builder, but I’m an assistant pastor at a church. I have conversations [about God] in random places. My team are all Christians. At lunch time, we get the Bible out and read.’

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