Hi! My name is Claire Towers and To God Be All the Glory for this picture above; if it was not for Gods Grace I would not be here now.
I was born in 1965 and grew up in the wonderful town of Liverpool in a place called Aigburth with a loving, caring and protective family, my sister Hazel and Mum and Dad. I was brought up and taught knowing what was right and wrong and to respect others. We as a family belonged to the local parish, but did not attend church regularly, although we all thought we were Christian. I clearly remember not believing fully in God, because I could not see him, but believing in Jesus because he did walk the earth and was one of us.
There came a time in my life at 17 when I formed a relationship with a boy, who I played tennis with. The relationship lasted 4 years, I thought I loved him and he loved me, we became engaged and it was at this time when I had a job working in the NHS as an Activity Organiser at a local NHS/University run Psycho-Geriatric nursing home.
Life was ok, my Mum and Dad had found a lovely new home in Wem Shropshire which I visited often in my orange mini clubman and I was independently living with my Aunt and Uncle in a flat still in Liverpool.
I must say at this point, I had always found there was something missing in my life.
I became concerned regarding my fiancés drinking and lack of truthfulness and commitment to our relationship. He hurt me, I could go into detail, but the lord knows and I trust it into his keeping. I contemplated ending my life one night in my flat, due to this broken relationship. All I can remember thinking was, how could I do this awful act of ending my life, what would this do to my family? I did not go through with it, Praise God. I immediately telephoned my close friends at work for help, they were Christians and they came over to see me supported me and showed me the passage from the bible of 1 Corinthians chapter 13, which spoke to me of Gods unfailing love, I was then curious about the truth the bible gave and asked many questions. They invited me to their church one Sunday July 21st 1985, Bethel evangelical church Green Lane, where I had such a warm welcome and immediately felt part of a family. I was astonished how loving and friendly they all were.
During the reading of the scripture and hearing Gods word that evening, I was struck by an overwhelming realisation that I needed to give my life over to God, I began to realise I needed what all those people had in that church. The word of God that night was about Lazarus, John 11 and how Jesus wept for his friend who had died, this made me realise how God new my suffering and hurt and all I had to do was give it to him now, which I did afterwards at a young peoples meeting.
After this I moved to Wem to be with my parents, found a loving fellowship preaching the word of God at Wem Baptist church and witnessed my parents becoming Christians, I was baptised, met my husband Mark who is a member of the church, whom I love so dearly and is my best friend; I found a loving church family to help me grow as a follower of Jesus and to this day I thank God for his deliverance and saving grace in my life. What a privilege!
What more can I say, but if you are reading this and you are not saved by God, ask him to save you right now, find a bible and read the passages in this testimony and give your life to Jesus. This is my prayer for you. Now it’s your turn. Thanks for listening.
