Tag Archives: love
Marriage, My Idol: Loving Love more than God
“Jessica, you could be single for the rest of your life.” I glared at my friend. She had a lot of nerve making such a statement. ”No! I meant it as a compliment. You are just a very strong woman.” Strong or no. I had no intentions of being single [...]
Continue reading...When Ms. Porn Addict Meets Mr. Maybe: Do I Tell Him About My Addiction?
- Posted on February 6, 2013
- in Pornography, Masturbation, and Lust, Purity
- by Jessica
A woman may be a porn addict, but that doesn’t keep her from being a woman. It doesn’t keep her from the desire to be loved in an intimate (and yes, sexual) way. She may not believe that she can be, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t want to be. [...]
Continue reading...How Transparency Breeds Community
- Posted on November 5, 2012
- in Finding Accountability, Freedom and Victory
- by Jessica
When a woman struggles with pornography, she does not just struggle with pornography. She struggles with a series of lies that led her there and hold her there. These lies link together and form a chain that keeps her from experiencing the freedom of grace. This has been a topic [...]
Continue reading...Is Sexting Wrong?
- Posted on November 2, 2012
- in Pornography, Masturbation, and Lust
- by Jessica
I get this question more often than I care to count. Young women, caught in the tsunami of technology find themselves confused. They ask, as they have for generations, how far is too far? We get caught up in technicalities a lot. When it comes to purity, it [...]
Continue reading...Should I Marry Someone Addicted to Porn?
After writing my article in response to a question about marrying a woman with a porn addiction, I was delighted to find that, days later, Sheila Wray Gregoire wrote a similar article. Sheila is a Christian author and speaker from Canada who writes about… well… she writes about sex within [...]
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