Coming to God, as you marvelously put it, it THE experience of life. There is a "before" and an "after", because one is forever changed, in the best possible way. My own experience was life-altering and came when I asked God to show Himself to me, and not in an intellectual way, but an experiential one. He did, by showing me how much He loves me. But know, that I am nothing special, and by that I mean He loves all his creations equally. So if He loves everyone with the same powerful love, it is easier for us to do the same. It's all about the love, and the relationship.