Don't wait until it's too late

A friend of mine in her early forties recently had a heart attack and spent five weeks in hospital.

When I caught up with her the other day she explained how this near death experience had caused her to start considering the possibility that God really does exist.

I understand my friend’s reluctance in believing in a God that she cannot see, because for eight years of my own life I was also a devout atheist.

I did not have a near death experience but I got myself into such a dark spot that I could not find a way out. The only option I had was to ask God that if he really existed then I needed his help and … you know the answer.

I believe it is normal to go searching for God when we have nowhere else to turn or no other options left. But…I often wish that I had believed in His existence long before I did, because I know in my heart that had I asked for His help a lot earlier, my life never would have got as bad as it did.

Please don’t let your life get to the point of being at the depths of despair before you consider the notion of His existence.