The Golden Thread

A true Story about God Christian Faith Personal Testimony Alcoholism Bullying Domestic Violence Miracles Youth Work Charity Work The Door Youth Project Rap Music and Church.This is the biographical story and best selling book of Christian author Brendan Conboy. It tells the story of how God led this former bully and troubled teenager to set up and develop a remarkable outreach project for young people. Follow Brendans journey from the deepest depths of despair and darkness to walking and working in Gods light as he was called into youth work.Our lives are like a complex tapestry with many threads weaving each of our unique and individual pictures. There is however one thing that we all have in common one thread. The GOLDEN THREAD is Gods thread in our lives. It is always there even when we feel that it isnt. Just turn your tapestry over and you will see it continuing on the back. Always there! The GOLDEN THREAD. This book is the true story of one mans GOLDEN THREAD in his life. Brendan Conboy grew up in fear and confusion struggling with many personal issues. His experiences formed a foundation that could have ended in disaster but instead became the motivator to want to make a positive difference. Brendan has experienced miracles real miracles. He has walked through the valley of depression and death more than once but emerged stronger on the other side. For over 30 years he has been full of vision and passion to help young people. Thats why he became a youth worker and one of the most important lessons that he has learnt on his journey is that we need to share our knowledge and skill with others.Extract from Chapter One: So lets start at the very beginning. It is a good place to start. I now understand that the first eight years of any childs life are the most impressionable and the most influential. Any amount of trauma can leave deep long-lasting effects. Our earliest memories form a foundation for our development. Positive memories and experiences will in most cases result in a positive development for a child. Whereas a negative and traumatic memory could lead to disaster and almost certainly some level of help will be required to understand the confusing feelings that will be experienced later in life. My earliest memory was one of my dad returning from the pub on a Sunday at about three in the afternoon. Mum had kept his Sunday roast warm in the oven (no such thing as microwaves then) but it had been so long it had dried up and was not fit for consumption. Im not sure if I had reached my fourth birthday but I clearly remember my dads drunken anger. He was so angry that he threw the plate and contents at the lounge window smashing the large centre pane with the plate landing in the front garden. I dont remember what happened next but I do remember the feeling of fear. That feeling would remain with me for at least the next ten years which is how long it would take before my dad admitted that he had a drinking problem.