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I had 17 years of unnaturally bad luck after doing Ouija boards when I was in my teens. I thought at the time they were just fun, but realised as time went on that they had opened a door in the spiritual realm that was quite real, and horrible. I visited a church where the curate announced God had told him that there was someone here who'd had a lot of problems with Ouija boards they'd done years ago! I was amazed. I decided I couldn't take any more disaster and cried out, asking God to help me. I said I would take Jesus as my saviour and become a Christian. I received prayer to cut me off from my past involvement and later, while alone, heard a voice that said to me, "it is Finished". I knew it was God and prayed all day for Him to explain! The next day by pure 'coincidence' I read that Jesus had said those words on the cross to declare that his death had defeated all evil. In fact they are considered by some to be the most famous words in the Bible. Since then (about ten years now) my life had been full of blessings! It has been amazing!

C Ashenden, London, 2003. For Jesus, for turning darkness into light.

Illustration © Polly Alizarin Harvey 2012.