In the spirit of Valentine’s, at WitnessLA.org we’re featuring the stories and testimonies on what God has shown Christians about singleness, relationships, and love all the days leading up to Feb. 14th. Today, our Voice M shares how God helped her find love and maintain purity in her relationship.
About two years ago I had shared my struggles with purity. I was walking strongly with the Lord when I was tempted and almost succumbed to feelings of lust. Looking back I am so glad God intervened and saved me from that situation for a number of reasons. God saved me from another bad romance, He prevented me from sinning against Him and causing a division between us, and He used that situation to help prepare me to have the godly relationship I would have with my future husband.
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Our friend, X, bravely shares how she is among the 20% of Christian women who struggle with pornography, and how her faith has helped her to deal with this addiction.
Although I’ve sung this song since I was a child, it has never before moved me like it did recently. Listen please, if you will.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSqMiCu-CcU
We, as Christians, think that we need to be a certain way to be in line with the life that Christ led, but it doesn’t change the fact that we are also human, having the same temptations as any other person. One challenge I find amongst believers and non-believers alike has to do with transparency, being completely open with one another about the types of sin we struggle with. We leave these sins in the dark where no light can shine through thinking that we can handle it on our own. Sometimes, we think that if no one knows about our darkest sins, we won’t need to repent of it.
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Have you ever been hurt so badly that you felt like you wanted to die, that life was so full of pain that it wasn’t worth living? Our friend L shares an incredibly moving and personal testimony of how even in our darkest of moments where there is no hope, God has a plan to save what seemed impossible and redeem the unredeemable in our lives.
My testimony of redemption and deliverance is something very private to me, but I feel the Lord telling me that many women have had the same experiences and the shame and guilt is something that needs to be addressed so that others can be liberated through testimony. In my most painful of experiences I feel I must share so that others can come forth and also be free from their past mistakes.
I was 23 years old when I lost my virginity. While growing up I always had it instilled in my heart that I would save myself for my husband. I wasn’t Christian at that time, but for some reason looking back I knew God was protecting me. I wanted to wait until marriage because frankly I deserved the best and in my mind, I knew I would never settle. I also knew I was so emotionally and mentally unprepared for the consequences that could ensue with such a step as sex. I saw many of my friends give in and the foreseen destruction that occurred after. I didn’t want that. So while growing up I guarded my body, but I didn’t guard my heart. I fell in love many times, I jumped from relationship to relationship but always held my ground with my virginity. As difficult as it was, my boyfriends loved me and respected my boundaries, until I met (lets call him) Robert.
We met and I was immediately attracted to him. We dated right after my break up and I just went along with everything he said and I was just going through the motions. We dated for months and our sexual chemistry was very strong. One night while making out, we went to far. He basically raped me and when it happened I was in shock, as was he. I cried and he felt guilty. In that moment I knew that I was trapped. That this guy I didn’t even love would have to be my husband. I thought I had to do the right thing because the one thing that I treasured that held any worth or value in me was stripped away. He told me I love you and I’m going to marry you, but I saw my ideal future shattered to pieces. I lost my identity…[click “Read More” below to continue]
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