“It’s mind-blowing how you can go from hating God’s Word to being responsible for a publication that brings it into 400,000 homes,” says Danielle Gault.
Danielle, who is marketing coordinator at UCB, manages the broadcaster’s devotional, Word For Today, and is passionate about sharing the gospel.
This enthusiasm, she explains, is a far cry from the days when she was a “raging atheist” on a path to self-destruction.
“My dad died when I was six, and I became extremely angry with God,” she says of her childhood in Northern Ireland.
“I was a self-destructive teenager; I took drugs, drank, and got mixed up with the wrong crowd. I was self-harming and suicidal. I went to university to study environmental science and specialised in evolution and earth sciences in order to prove God didn’t exist.
'Then after uni, I worked abroad for five years. I found solace in running away from the trauma I’d experienced and being somewhere I felt safe, accepted and loved for who I was.”
Throughout this time, Daniel le’s mum Mary – who Danielle describes as “an absolute prayer warrior” – battled in prayer for her daughter. She maddened Danielle by playing UCB at home and sneaking much-hated copies of Word For Today into her bags as she travelled.
But the power of Mary’s prayers was evident one Easter when Danielle’s life dramatically changed.
“Mum brought me home after a party. I was a hungover mess, full of shame and remorse.
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