Hi everyone,

I just wanted to write and share a bit of how Jars of Clay has affected my life. It's not as dramatic as some people's testimonies, but it means a lot to me and I hope it could help other peoplem, too.

About three years ago I went through a pretty sticky patch in my walk with God. I'd just started high school and suddenly everything I'd believed for so long was flung back at me and questioned. I never completely went away from God, but I stopped reading my Bible, I prayed merely out of habit, and I went to church because my parents did. I still believed I was a Christian and stuck up for Christian principles, but I wasn't really interested in getting to have a personal relationship with God again.

Then I got my hands on a copy of Jars' first album. I sat and listened to that CD all the way through, and by Worlds Apart I was crying so hard. That song really ministered to me and spoke to me about how God is always there; He's ready to accept us and we have to lose our pride and come back to Him.

I was going to a Bible Week at Stoneleigh in England a week or so later, along with about 20,000 other people, and I decided there and then that I was going to worship God with my whole heart and my whole life. I prayed and apologised to Him for ignoring Him so much. So when I went to Stoneleigh, I had just the most amazing time and it was so good to be drawing close to God and having Him speak to me. I know it was God speaking to me through Worlds Apart that prompted me to come back closer to God and I listen to it now every day as a reminder to stay in that place of humble worship.

Thank you so much Jars of Clay for the wonderful blessing you have been to me and to so many other people. We love you.