Rachel Snook
I grew up in a Christian household. I accepted that the bible was the only truth from a young age. I was never the type of person to question, I thought that line of thinking was only for those with a science inclined brain. However, when it came to my early twenties, I came to a place where I was struggling to defend my christian faith to myself about why it was wrong to do certain things. The always present ‘why bad things happen’. Also about; why sometimes, some of us just don’t feel like we fit in; not in church, not in some of the ‘good christian’ social circles. Eventually- I backslid, to the point where I knew God was the way- but I had lost my salvation. He wasn’t the centre of my existence. When I got baptised in July 2025, the ‘why’ question came back. I realised, the ‘WHY’ behind our faith; our actions; our core beliefs, are more important to the christians than to the non-christians. If you don’t know why what you believe is right, what hope do we have of spreading the gospel. If you don’t know why your faith is dead unless you let Him (Jesus) into your life and let Him take over, what hope do you have of your life being a testimony to others. ‘WHY’ is the difference between living and existing.