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7th December 2009 by Julia Hosking

Less than two years ago, due to my atheist parents, I was quite negative towards Christianity. However I looked into other religions, and thought I'd found the perfect spirituality, Buddhism.

Since that time I have been through a massive metamorphosis of my spirituality, my personality and my entire being. When I turned away from Buddhism and to God, and understood him to be the one true God, I really felt like I was living the way I was supposed to.

Becoming a Christian has given me an amazing sense of belonging. My church has become my family, and through this, I feel really connected and close to God's love.

It was my ex-boyfriend who first introduced me to the lifestyle and concept of being a follower of Jesus. As a Christian, he had a real sense of belonging, a community to rely on for support, and also a feeling of the presence of his God.

I then began to feel spiritually empty and lost, and that I had no one or nothing to turn to that would understand what I was feeling.

It was around this time (about a year ago) that I decided to go along to my local Anglican church. I was so nervous and I half expected to leave early and think it was the biggest mistake of my life.

However, as I got into church I remember having this feeling like somehow I was moving in the right direction and that I was in the right place. Connecting with God and getting to know about Jesus and what it is to follow him has been amazing.

Towards the end of last year I began helping with Scripture teaching in a local public school. I also did some Bible study with my youth minister and we read the Gospel of Mark together. Reading God's Word was very uplifting and also very grounding for me because it taught me a lot about what it means to be a follower of Jesus.

I was baptised a couple of months ago and it was easily the best night of my life. It marked how incredibly my life has changed over the past year and a half. I made a public commitment of my unity with God in front of my friends and church community and it reflected how much God has blessed my life.

*This is a true story, however the author's name has been changed to protect the privacy of their family.