I grew up in a totally atheistic circle of family and friends.Most of them still are AFAIK.Zero religion of any stripe other than for mocking purposes.
I had a penchant for being a dreamer and basically God cornered me in that realm of big questions.Over a period of time,amongst other things,He had a book fall in my lap,granted me many sleepless nights and sent a pesky Bible thumping Catholic joy boy my way over and over and over again.The scriptures were a little painfull but the man's nature was such I couldn't not hear him.So at 25 I finally gave up and met Jesus.
"what was the difference in before and after turning to God"
You'd probably get a million different answers to that! I think that some of the differences people might see may depend on what they were expecting in the first place.The very fact you asked might mean you have sub-conscious expectations of what God might do for you.Not that that's necessarily wrong but God is clear that we don't know ourselves as well as we might think so there's always the danger our baggage might 'muffle' things.
Draw near to God for His own sake.Simply discover Him for who He is.After all,if He did indeed create this entire cosmos and placed us in it and if He does indeed "know all men" and does indeed LOVE you,cherish you,consider you a jewel worth clothing Himself as a man and laying down His life for you in order for you to live F.O.R.E.V.E.R.....then no doubt He can iron out our wrinkles,so to speak.
The absolute hardest thing about Christianity is believing it.Not for lack of evidence but because (to the human mind)it is simply too good to be true.
Believe God and see what happens.
Willard
his Dad Big George had a licker cabinet in the house
Lil Willie got into into it as a teenager...
OH NOOOOOOOOOOZ
there goes his TR...
My parents had a drug problem when I was growing up.
They drug my little butt to church every Sunday.
(And I’m thankful that they did.)
another one of your fishing expeditions