Hey Guys,

I am sorry it has been so long since I was last able to make a blog post.  This last year has been a crazy roller coaster.  My business has gone through many different seasons and finally I am at a point where it is normalizing to a predictive schedule.    I am also finishing two very intense months of healings related to my mom.  After three years of healing I thought the Lord had gotten most of it but boy was I mistaken.  I hope to unpack with you over the next few months much of what I have learned and how I have grown this past year.

When I was gearing up to write these blogs again I started to ask myself why I am doing this.  What is motivating me to write and what is motivating readers to seek help at xxxchurch.com?  Is it really just to overcome pornography or sexual impulses/homosexuality?  But why do I want to overcome these things?  I feel like it goes deeper than because it is a sin and I shouldn’t do it.   I also know it is not to earn God’s approval because we are living in a time of grace and I already have his love and approval. 

Then I realized it is because I want my mind, imagination, and body to be free to thrive in my relationships, business, and life in general.  The Lord put us on the earth to grow, create, and tame the earth.  When I was looking at porn and sleeping around pursuing those things pervaded my every thought.  Everything else in my life seemed to stale mate.  Sexual thoughts can be stronger than all our other desires.  It can cause us to take part in behaviors that erode our creativity, destroy marriages and relationships, and fill us with shame that can lead to depression.  All of this keeps us from walking forward into our callings and going deeper into meaningful relationships.

So I want to open up the comments in my first blog post back to you the readers.  Why do you want to overcome pornography?  Better yet, what are the desires of your heart that you feel struggling with porn or homosexuality are holding you back from?