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My Search My name is Gavin Langley I was born in Derby England. Derby is a railway town in the Midlands. My dad was an electrical signal engineer for British Railways. We lived close to the river Derwent and I have fond memories of adventures on that river. At age 16 I joined the merchant navy and served as a bellboy on the passenger liner H.M.S. Queen Mary 81.000tons. I soon graduated to serve as assistant waiter in the first class restaurant. The ship served as transportation between Southampton England and New York USA. I had some rough times on board including the loss of one front tooth in a fight. I took a position as cabin boy on an oil tanker that traveled around the coast of South Africa stopping at Durban and Cape Town. The final destination was the top corner of the Persian Gulf next to Kuwait to pick up oil. With a fast education in the ways of the world I returned to England at age 17+. I became a ladies hairdresser in the town of Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire. My parents had moved there while I was away. I met my wife Jackie there and in two years we were married. I was 20yrs she was 19yrs. We had good jobs a new car, and a new apartment, all very nice After trying and failing to open a Hairdressing Salon in the town I became discouraged with our future prospects in England. Our marriage was in March 1962, then in October the same year we immigrated to Canada traveling by sea on the passenger liner "Empress of Britain" to Quebec, and on to Toronto Ontario by train. We had sold all we had to pay for a one way passage. We settled in Hamilton Ontario living the first six months in furnished rooming houses. That was a tough six months through a cold Ontario winter. After the tropical weather I had seen in the Middle East and our mild English climate this "very cold" weather got my attention. We soon managed to progress in work and moved to Waterdown just outside of Hamilton. During the next five years I opened a Hairdressing Salon and we did well. Our close friends were very wealthy and they invited us to stay in their beautiful home for a short time when our son was born in 1966 four years after first landing in Canada. We accepted the offer and soon became accustomed to luxury and a high standard of living even though we did not have any particular assets besides our business. There must be more ! At the same time all this was going on I was searching for the real meaning of life. I had been quite atheistic until this point. It became obvious to me while living at my friends house that money and success has only fleeting satisfaction at least for me anyway. I thought to myself "is this all there is?", at 24 years old I had tried so many "things". Thinking the accumulation of money was the ultimate success I had played with most of the toys that one could buy, but they had no lasting satisfaction. I was still left with an empty hole in life. My wealthy friend found satisfaction only in making more money but he did admit to me that "the law of diminishing returns" would get to him too. The more he made the less it satisfied. "What else can I do" he said. I began reading books on astronomy, and bought a large telescope. I would wait up till very late to see certain small stars arrive. Garner Ted Armstrong (Worldwide Church of God) was on radio saying that the bible has much scientific information in it. I purchased a Bible, and I found it was true. It was my conclusion later that Ted Armstrong's particular teaching was confusing and wrong. The Worldwide Church of God in those days was really a cult. Using the telescope and studying the universe brought me to the following conclusion. The fact that all these "laws" are in place holding everything together begs the question? Where or Who is the Lawgiver? God must exist! I thought to myself if God created the world and mankind then He must have a way of communicating with His creation. "The Bible" claims to be the Word from God. I had to prove to myself that the Bible is the supernatural record of God communicating to His creation. There are ways of examining the question Is the Bible God's Word. For me this was so different since I was not a reader and never even bought the newspaper. Now I was reading and making notes hungry for more and more. It was a puzzle that was coming together. After going through a process of searching in the different books of the bible, checking prophesies and there fulfillment I was faced with having to decide one way or the other what to believe. I had no religious upbringing so there was no bias while studying, I believed facts when I saw them. There were so many detailed accounts of fulfilled prophecies I was fascinated with the Bible. My wife thought I was going overboard on the subject.The Search is Ended. After proving to myself that God existed, and He had preserved a "book of instructions" for human living I was faced with a decision. It's the kind of decision that causes most people to avoid the Bible. If God is God and the Bible "is" His Word then everything Jesus said is true! If it's all true then we will be held accountable on a day of judgment for all the broken laws of God that we are responsible for. The Law is the "Ten Commandments" and I knew that I was guilty, who is not?. I decided to agree with Gods word about my hopeless condition in front of Him. There was a sure change that came about in my life; all of it took about six months. It was Solid and sure that I had become a follower of Jesus Christ since I had great confidence in Jesus Christ and the Bible as absolute truth. The Lord Jesus Christ has been very real to me since then and even more now as I write these words. My belief has been tested now since 1966 and the Word of God has not changed; the world has changed, I myself have changed, but the instructions in the Bible are even more relevant today than ever. I'm glad to know of the future events that God has revealed and excited to be alive in a time when God is working out His promises in the world, particularly with the Jewish Nation right before our eyes. I love Jesus and thank Him for drawing me to see who He really is. He offered a new life and I took it. I gave up my successful business and after selling everything in Ontario we moved to Regina Saskatchewan Canada. There I went to the Canadian Bible College to learn all I could about the amazing Holy Bible. The Bible outsells every other book on the market every single year. I think that is a hint that every human should read it. Later I moved my little family (that is my wife and son) to Victoria BC Canada and have lived there since 1971. We built up another business. We had a baby girl born to us fourteen years after our son was born which was not any accident. We decided to see if God would give us one more child and He granted us that desire. We now have two grandchildren also. My belief in Jesus is stronger than ever and I try to help others find the cure to the problem that we all have. We have all broken God's law the Ten Commandments. It's called "Sin". If you would like to know how to escape from the power of sin and the fear of death click on the link below.
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