Many people struggle with mental health problems and are seeking peace of mind. Hetti Harper has recently told how her life has been transformed. Many times, she had wanted to end her life until she put her faith in Jesus Christ. She says, “After living for more than half of my life under the weight of trying to find some mental relief in all the wrong and darkest places, in 2023 I found myself on my knees on a cold bathroom floor asking the God I didn’t believe in to either take my life or do something about the spiritual battle I had found myself in. In his mercy, he answered.” It was her first real prayer.
Before her radical salvation she said, “I was a cocaine-snorting model and singer who loved the occult until God gave me a Christmas miracle.” Hetti had become enamoured with spiritualism and became deeply involved in its practices. She said, I felt like I had control for the first time in my life, but it didn’t last long.” She became a Reiki master but looking back says, “I thought I was helping others and healing myself, but it was all so dark.”
Out of the blue a close friend spoke to her about being a Christian and the door to finding out who Jesus was and is began to slowly open. Suddenly everywhere she turned she encountered more information about Jesus Christ and the God of the Bible and the truth of who Jesus was and is. Hetti says, “Hearing about Jesus, I felt true hope for the first time in my life, and I began experiencing deep moments of unimaginable joy as I encountered the Holy Spirit. I knew this was the freedom I needed.”
Hettie found a small Pentecostal church where she publicly gave her life to Jesus and was baptised. Since then, she has never looked back. She says, “It has been the most beautiful few years of my life. I am so grateful I get to fall in love with Jesus more and more. His love has been so healing that it’s hard to even comprehend what life was like before I met him.”
One day Jesus looked at the crowds who had come to listen to him and said they were “harassed and helpless like sheep, without a shepherd.” He gave them a gracious invitation and wonderful promise, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”