However, as a staff nurse, thoughts of life, death and what lies beyond were never too far from my thoughts. When patients died I thought a bit more about what happens after we die. But I thought everyone just went to heaven. I didn’t think that it was important what you believed.
Then, in my early 30’s, I began my search for God. I became involved in New Age type spiritualism, learning mediumship, tarot readings and often attended spiritual churches. I felt I was helping people and didn't recognise at the time how dangerous the implications of this were.
In 2008 I began working in pharmacy and my manager advised me not to speak of my beliefs to the new locum, Hazel, as she was a Christian – one of those modern types I was told. But I discovered I immediately clicked with Hazel and my questions slowly began.
My curiosity piqued, I bought and started to read the Bible. When I heard about The Alpha Course I thought this would be a great place to find out more about what a Christian really was. A short while into the course I prayed for a specific scenario and my prayer was answered! Combined with everything else I’d learnt so far, I realised I wanted to become a Christian.
Since then I’ve had to make a number of sacrifices to prioritise my new relationship with God, including giving up my job as a dispenser which I'd just begun. Yet I can honestly say it’s been worth it. And in the summer of 2009 I was baptised in water to openly express my love and acknowledgement for what Jesus has done for me and to demonstrate my new commitment to my life with God.