Hackenthorpe
Phyllis's story
How I long to convey how I met with Jesus but find it difficult to explain because so much was happening at the time. However, it was through my GP's receptionist that I began my walk with Jesus.
Sheila took me to her church and I asked Jesus into my heart and life - this was about twenty five years ago.
Much has happened since then; my second marriage broke down and through guilt and my unpredictable behaviour I had to spend time in Middlewood hospital and Whiteley Wood clinic - two psychiatric hospitals. My three children had to be taken away from me. This caused great heartbreak.
Then Barbara Gage came into my life. She was the Director of the Christian School of Psychotherapy. Barbara accepted me and loved me the way Christ does and she placed me on the first rung of the ladder to recovery. I saw Barbara for ten years until she was killed in a car accident.
I had met Eric (now my third husband) while I was seeing Barbara. Eric's wife had died and I met him while I was doing a part time job at St Mary's Church and Community Centre on Bramall Lane. I do believe Eric and I were brought together by God and that we are His gift to each other.
I have done much wrong in my life and have suffered great guilt and shame, but Jesus accepted me, all of me, and He is redeeming me every day.
Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
He leads me beside quiet waters.
He restores my soul,
( Jesus is restoring me into the person he knows me to be)
He guides me in paths of righteousness,
for his names sake.
(Jesus is pure in every way and He is making me, even me, righteous).
I still need to take medication for a chemical imbalance from the mental illness but Jesus is in this with me too.
My three children were restored to me and I am their real Mom now.
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