Category: My Journey

  • Chapter 9.

    As I approached my final year and a half in college I had been greatly affected by the experiences that I had during the first two and a half years. These experiences had caused me to completely re-evaluate my own personal theology and my own understanding of my relationship with God and the church.  There…

  • Chapter 8.

    The year is 1995 and as I started to prepare for my second year at college, I was forced to look back and reflect on the journey so far. With all the drama of moving and settling into a new lifestyle and study behind me, I was finally able to examine some of the things…

  • Chapter 7.

    The time is February 1994 and Alison, myself and our children have finally settled into our new accommodation at Morling College in Sydney. As I have mentioned earlier the move from Tamworth was a very traumatic time for me personally. As college gets under way I found myself being challenged on many fronts as I…

  • Chapter 6.

    The time is 31st of January 1994, my wife Alison and myself along with our children are driving with trailer behind towards Sydney.We have loaded up our trailer with our possessions and we are all looking forward to a new future while studying at the Baptist Theological College at Eastwood. It had been a pleasant…

  • Chapter 5.

    The time, Christmas 1993 and we are on holidays at Sawtell near Coffs Harbour. Each year for the last five years we have come here for a break for both ourselves and our children. Enjoying a relaxing atmosphere and the surf and being able to read a decent book while catching up on some sleep.…

  • Chapter 4.

    Chapter 4.

    I pick up here where I left off last time. It is a Sunday night and Alison and myself attended a service at the Baptist church in Tamworth for the first time. The evening service was a time of joy, singing, praise and worship. I had not felt so close to God for a long…

  • Chapter 3.

    Chapter 3.

    The time is mid-1989 and at present I have not had any boils or infections and the staph infection that had run riot throughout my body is now dormant. I have come to a place in my life where the Lord has healed me but I did not know or understand the reason why. Since…

  • Chapter 2.

    Chapter 2.

    This is part two of my journey and I hope that you found it interesting enough so far to keep reading. The time is 1989 and I have moved on from running a workshop for JT and HM Savage Proprietary Ltd and are now working with my father operating Tamworth Alignment Centre. Business is good,…

  • Chapter 1.

    Chapter 1.

    I was born in 1954 and I was the second son of Bill and Myra Forrester of Lake Heights near Wollongong New South Wales Australia. However this is not where I am going to start this journey because to understand the journey one needs to understand what has transpired in my life over the last…

  • Prologue.

    Prologue.

    Many ask the question: where do I belong, what is the meaning to life, or even more importantly why do people suffer? It is my hope to share my experiences through a period of illness and beyond, which holds for me the secret to suffering and why we suffer. You might ask what gives me…