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Viv's Ultimate Makeover
Take a look at viv's story of restoration from a broken marriage and feelings of hurt and shame to a life of hope where dreams have been restored.
Read Viv's Story...
I grew up in christian family in Northern Ireland and in 2003 got I got married. Church, work and my home life seemed to all be going well.
However one year into my marriage things started to fall apart. I knew it wasn't just normal marriage blues that some people go through. A number of decisions that both me and my wife made meant that this season in our marriage was very difficult. We appeared to come out the other end and life seemed to be getting back on track.
We had moved to South Yorkshire and had just started attending Hope City Church. One day my wife didn't come home. She didn't come home for two weeks until one day while I was at work she had come and taken al her belongings. I was devastated and my male insptinct of needing to fix everything came into play. I wasnted to get things back to normal. I kept it quiet from most of my family and friends as the feeling of shame was immense.
I put all my energy into my work but behind the scenes I was a broken man. I couldn't understand what was going on but I knew that leaving church wasn't an option. I decided to keep turning up, keep serving and keep worshiping even when it was the last thing I wanted to do.
I didn't realise how much God was doing in my life at the time. I was asked to come onto staff at church overseing the building development and maintenance departments. I shared with some key people as I knew I needed to be open about where I was at.
the relationship was not salvagable and I knew it was time to move forward so I applied for a divorce.
God proved himself faithful again and helped me through it. It has been painful but God has restored dreams, vision, plans and those things I considered dead in my life. He's brought back to life.
God has taken me from a place of despair to a place of Joy. He's loved me even when I've been angry at Him. He continued to see who I could be. I'm blown away with where he has brought me to and I know He hasn't finished with me yet!
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