I recently went mountain biking with my boyfriend, this is the first time I have mountain biked in probably twenty years. Needless to say, it was very difficult and I pushed myself too hard at the beginning, which caused me to almost pass out. I felt bad for slowing us down but my boyfriend was so gracious and encouraging to me as we waited for me to regain energy.

As I lay there looking...

I was recently sharing with a friend about my struggles with pornography and she asked me a pretty basic question but it rocked me. She asked, “What is the biggest lesson you have learned since starting on this healing journey?” It took me a while to really pinpoint anything I have learned because it has been so easy for me to be blinded by the here and now and the fact that I still...

James 5:16, “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed...”

I recently did the most scary and nerve wracking thing in my life: I shared my addiction/story in front of over 400 women at my church. Sure it is easy to talk about it here where I am not face to face with you but confessing my deepest, darkest secret to someone, let alone 400 people, is a bit...

“So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, securely tied, fell into the roaring flames. But suddenly, Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and exclaimed to his advisers, ‘Didn’t we tie up three men and throw them into the furnace?’ ‘Yes, Your Majesty, we certainly did’ they replied. ‘Look!’ Nebuchadnezzar shouted. ‘I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the fourth looks...

“Two men went to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer ‘I thank you, God, that I am not a sinner like everyone else. For I don’t cheat, I don’t sin, and I don’t commit adultery. I’m certainly not like that tax collector! I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.’ But the tax...

I was recently watching a show that was interviewing Gracia Burnham, the missionary who was held captive with her husband for over a year by Muslim extremists. Her husband ended up dying in the midst of their rescue and Gracia made it out alive. She endured more hardships than many of us will ever know and yet she has the most amazing faith and optimism. Here is the quote from the show that...

This past week has been one of the hardest weeks of my life as I lost my job that I so dearly love. I have cried many tears, experienced so much pain and felt every emotion. I lost my job due to some unforeseen circumstances and this has come as a shock to me. Now, I have to grieve the loss of the best job I have ever had and try and find another one.  Through all of this pain though, I have...

“For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." Hebrews 8:12

“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. “ Psalm 103:12

The other day my friend was talking about the idea of God forgiving and forgetting our sins. This is something I have heard so many times yet this is the first time it really struck me. I have been...

This past weekend, Craig Gross came and spoke to my church on loneliness and how it can easily be connected with porn. The interesting thing is that just last week, I was talking to a friend about how lonely I have been feeling, even though I have so many great friends, and how I think it has a direct correlation to my desire for porn. Then a couple days later, this came up in counseling. So,...

I was recently sharing with a friend about my struggles with pornography and she asked me a pretty basic question but it rocked me. She asked, “What is the biggest lesson you have learned since starting on this healing journey?” It took me a while to really pinpoint anything I have learned because it has been so easy for me to be blinded by the here and now and the fact that I still struggle....