The Age of Discovery!
My age of discovery was when I was around 20 years of age. I left home, moved to London, and discovered lots of things I had never known about. Here are 3 big ones.
I discovered curry. Indian. There was an Indian restaurant next to the hall where I lived, and when I entered and smelt the aroma, I thought I was in heaven. Loved it. Still do! Amazing flavour. Curry!
Secondly, I discovered that there were decent people outside of Norfolk. Us bumpkins were rather parochial, and London was a long way away. But I made good friends, who enjoyed good humour. And curry!
Thirdly, a fellow student (medical) told me that Jesus Christ had changed his life. Poor boy, I thought. Surely he needed a doctor. And quickly. Then I became ill, and others told me Jesus was the answer. A long story, but in short – Jesus Christ changed my life. 54 years ago. Still enjoying the wonderful life He alone gives. (And enjoying curry).
I sat with fellow Full Gospel Businessmen in Nottingham this weekend. I was eating curry. But the greatest pleasure was knowing the Presence of the Living God with us. The greatest discovery of my life.
Share this Post
More from BARRIE LAWRENCE
I was probably under 10 years old when my grandparents first took me to Aldeburgh, on the Suffolk coast. I expected sand, and got shingle. I expected plastic buckets, spades, […]
“Hey Bud, what is your real name?” asked a heavily armed ‘official’ man at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport. Wendy and I were travelling to Guadelajara, Mexico’s second city. We had […]
In the early 1970s, one feature of Mousehold Common, on the north-eastern outskirts of Norwich, was a bespectacled, curly-haired young man, careering along footpaths and bridleways on a yellow racing […]
One Comment
Comments are closed.
Social Media
Indeed Barrie…