Meet Kim

They say that things often get worse before they better, and that has certainly been the case with me and my family.

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My father had died and my wife’s grandfather had also suddenly passed away. At that time I was in a commission only sales job and going through a very barren time, so finance was a major issue, with mounting debts, a mortgage and married with very young twin sons the pressure had already been on for some time.

Just when it seemed like things could not get any worse – they did!

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The washing machine broke, tumble drier stopped working, and the TV and central heating started playing up, one of our sons started waking up ‘blind’ in the mornings (and at that time the doctors could not rule out the possibility of a brain tumour) and, oh yes, out of the blue my wife’s mother died.

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What a time then for my employer to decide to send me on a compulsory week long course some 120 miles away with a little added clause that anyone who did not pass the exam would not keep their job!

How my wife coped that week I will never know.

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At the end of that week on the Friday morning – the day of the exam – I woke up in the very early hours to the total darkness of the hotel room, and suddenly realising I could not recall anything of the week long course. I could not remember anything.

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As I lay there in the darkness fear gripped me. Without passing this exam the consequences would be devastating: no job, no car, no income, house repossession? All the negatives flooded my mind.

So there, in the dark hours of that morning I decided that there was no point in staying any longer, I would pack my suitcase and leave – now.

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It was then I remembered that at the side of my bed was a Bible. Question: could God help me? I didn’t know him but I was so desperate I was willing to try anything. Never having read the Bible before I didn’t know what part to read, so I sat in a chair opened the Bible somewhere in the middle and started reading…………

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The next thing I can remember was waking up to the light of the morning, and having fallen asleep with the open Bible on my chest I sensed an incredible feeling of peace, it seemed to flood my whole body, the fear had gone and my confidence had been rekindled.

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I went on that day to take the exam and not only pass it but achieve one of the highest marks.

My walk with Jesus had begun.