Best Friends with Jesus.

Part 2
by Steve “Fozzie” Huxford.

You can read Part 1 in the Archives

As I had found it easier to tell people I was a Christian from the beginning at college, I decided to do the same at

I had found it easier to tell people I was a Christian from the beginning

university and very quickly got involved with the CU at Essex. It was a shock to the system meeting people from all denominations, and even nationalities and faiths, but I quickly got settled into the CU and also into a local church. My faith continued to grow as I saw God working on the campus.

During my second year, I became the CU president, which was a great privilege, and I had a great committee to work with. We saw the CU grow and managed to pull together with the other Christian organisations on campus to put on a few events and we have continued to see them working closer

...one of my closest friends become a Christian

together with each event.

I also had the privilege of seeing one of my closest friends become a Christian after asking many deep and challenging questions to me and my other Christian friends.

You may be reading this and thinking that I must be some amazing Christian because of the events through university, but that’s not the case. I'm not perfect. I'm human and have made many mistakes on my journey of faith, and I've been tempted, and not always resisted. If you feel like you've failed God and wish you could do something about it, then 1 John chapter 1 verse 9 says: "If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will

it's easy to know that God's forgiven us but almost impossible to forgive ourselves

forgive our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness".

I've found that sometimes it's easy to know that God's forgiven us but almost impossible to forgive ourselves. I found this very difficult to handle and eventually realised how amazing God's grace was. Life's a constant reminder. Every time we slip up, Jesus has already paid the punishment for it when he died on the cross for me and you, and all we have to do is say sorry to God, try to learn from our experiences and move on in our faith and lives. We also have to keep trying to seek God's will and keep trying to become more like Christ.

I graduated last year and have since been working in the Chaplaincy at the University of Essex as the Anglican Chaplaincy Assistant. I've seen God working through the town and university over the past four years, bringing people from all denominations together to work for Christ, encouraging each other and spreading the gospel. Although I am at the end of my year in this post, I am excited about what God's going to do next with me.

The Christian life isn't always easy, but for me it's worth it to be privileged enough to see wrecked lives being mended,

I'm just a normal person like you, who has made the decision to follow Jesus

and seeing the joy of Christ in people. The best thing about it is knowing that one day I'm going to go and spend the rest of eternity with the creator of Heaven and Earth.

I'm just a normal person like you, who has made the decision to follow Jesus and I believe that as long as I try to do his will, then God will work through me to change peoples lives.