My story

The wonderful story of Júlia and Jozef became popular all over Slovakia po odvysielaní v relácii Modré z neba na TV Markíza.

I used to hide my loneliness behind my smile. I have plenty of friends and I like to build interpersonal relationships. It has always been my nature. The problem was that when I was home, as I child, I missed my family and I didn't have a real support. When I was 7, my parents got divorced. Mummy was working from morning until night. She had two jobs. She had to take care of me and my sister. We lost any contacts with daddy and with our grandparents as well. The other grandparents (mummy's parents) lived far away from us. So they were not able to help when we needed something. During my adolescence days the abyss inside me was getting deeper and deeper. It is not easy to write something about oneself. Other people should rather write about us.

My name is Júlia and I am 24. I am not too old, but I have already experienced many good and bad things - not all of them can be publicly revealed. Two years ago I got married with a wonderful man, a real gift of God for me.

I was born in Levoča, in the eastern part of Slovakia, but I grew up in Central Slovakia. When we were child, my sister and I used to go to church with our grandma. I got used to it and I kept going to church even when my faith was not living.

I was 15 years old when I first heard somebody talking about God in a different way. My sister met new people who introduced her to such special encounter with God. For one year she kept joining those people with great enthusiasm and she regularly told me about all marvellous things God does for us. I listened to her. I was a Christian. I couldn't object what she was saying.

Veronika (my sister) and her friends were always inviting me to join them. Since I was a child I liked to sing. They sang... So this was one of the things that led me to see who they are. Apart from singing, those people had something that attracted me... They showed that they cared about me. I know they were sincere. They do it still today.

Later on, I realized that I often went to church with fear inside me. I was afraid that if I don't go to church I will end up in hell. It was the main reason why I did go there.

After one year, I accepted my sister's invitation and I also joined their group worshipping a special God. This is already my 9th year of my new life in Jesus Christ. I do not regret it. My joy is greater and greater...

I believe that our living God brings new things to our lives. You may want to ask my dearest ones. I used to be nervous, I used to get mad very easily, even because of tiny problems. I was quite rude towards my sister. I was stubborn and I used to talk too much . I loved my father, but he abandoned us. I cried a lot and I said to myself that I don't need him.

People around me would probably say that I was shining like the sun, but only God could see what was going on inside me. I loved my mum. Unfortunately, due to our father's absence, she had to play also his role. She worked without interruptions and when she was not working she was nervous because of it all. I missed her a lot. Sometimes I thought that she didn't love us. Now I know that her burden was too heavy.

My loneliness got deeper and deeper, even despite the fact that I was very open-minded and friendly. There was nothing that could feed my hunger inside me. I longed for love.

The day I said yes to Jesus Christ looked like a common day, just like any other day. Indeed, it was the beginning of a new life. With Jesus I received a Father. With the Father I received a beautiful family that I missed so much during my adolescence days. Not just that. I felt somebody was taking out a big boulder from my chest. A boulder that did not allow me breathing. I was only 15 years old...

I forgave my father. Until then I didn't even know I had to forgive him. Until then he did not exist in my life.

God gave me so much love that I manage to love also those who hurt me. I don't know about you, but I am the richest person in the world . It means that the sky is always bright. Even if a storm comes, I have hope that I will see the sun again.

Living with God is not always a piece of cake, but it is the most beautiful thing it can happen to a human being. In times of bad mood and troubles I can always clearly see how mighty is our God. He is always collecting all broken pieces of glass and he makes a wonderful cup out of them.

With love, Júlia.