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"The hardest thing I have had to cope with was the death of Mary in 1988 when I was left with three small children..."
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Though I was brought up in a Christian home, the event which got me serious about God and heaven was the untimely death of my dad when I was 8 years old. His short life had been lived for Jesus and I knew he was in heaven. Some months after that, in my search as a child I heard that Jesus died so I could live…eternally. I heard that the thing that separated me from God was my sin, and the realisation dawned that Jesus had actually paid the price for my forgiveness and salvation. So one evening I made the definitive step of actually asking God to forgive me and come to live in my life. He did, and from then on, I knew I was a different kid: I had found a real link with God whose love now was very real to me. That link was Jesus and I knew that He had done all that was necessary to give me a new life.
School was hard but God’s word taught me to believe and be different. When it came to future career, I knew God had something to say about that too and I deliberately asked God to guide me. In the event He did and I found myself leaving West Cork bound for a Bible College in England where I spent three great years digging deep in God’s Word and meeting people from all over the world who lived for God and saw the future in doing His will. After marrying Mary, of similar calling, we settled back to life in West Cork where we got involved in reaching out to people with the Good News of Jesus’ love. This has been the central purpose of my life through good times and ill.
The hardest thing I have had to cope with was the death of Mary in 1988when I was left with three small children. But since then I have got married to Elizabeth and we now have five children… God has been good to me in my life. As well as being the pastor of a Bible-believing church in Bantry, I run a drystock farm and thoroughly enjoy the good world God has made, which I think is at its most beautiful here in West Cork! In conclusion I have no regrets for opening my life to Jesus. He has given me peace forgiveness, purpose, and hope in the midst of trouble….and for a Christian we can always say “The best is yet to be!”
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