This testimony was written by Scott Dick, husband of Linda. In October 2022, Scott died and went to be with the Saviour he had recently come to know and love.
I always knew there was a God, but I wasn’t brought up in a Christian home, so I never knew anything about Christianity. When my wife and son, also called Scott, started going to church, they began to bring home literature and I’d see their Bibles lying around the house.
I spend a lot of time in the house myself, so I took the opportunity to read some of the various things they brought back. I started picking up little snippets of information here and there. My wife and son were going to church every Sunday, but I’d just be coming back from a nightshift, so I wouldn’t join them.
However, there came a point when I was thinking I really want to go along here too, because I’m seeing the change that’s happening in their lives. I was still merely sneaking a quick look at the Christian material they were bringing home, but I was looking for a way in. There was a lot of pride and a lot of ego at play in me, so I was looking to find a way into Christianity without having to swallow my pride and ask.
My wife Linda informed me that the ‘two Petes’ (who are now my pastors), were getting ordained. Good, I thought, here’s an excuse; there’s perhaps an avenue here to find out more. So we went to church together and we saw the boys getting ordained and I enjoyed that. There then followed an invitation to the launch of their church plant, and I thought, Yes, I’ll do that. But it was quite an excited ‘yes’! When I went along on that Sunday it just felt very right.
Sometime later, I was driving along the road, and I wasn’t even thinking about it, but all of a sudden BANG, the thought came into my head: Jesus died for me. Jesus died for me. That turned my stomach right upside down, knowing that Jesus gave his life for me. Wow! I thought, and from then on I just wanted to know more about the love of God and what he’s like. It’s a passion now: I just need to learn more and more.
There are so many people in the scheme here in Scotland who just don’t know. There are so many lost, so many with addictions, so many suffering with mental health problems. How they need to come and know about the greatness of Jesus – what he can do in their lives if they repent and trust in him!
