Profound Thoughts 006 – Confessions

Elaborating on my work with XXXChurch would not be complete without reflecting on one of my main responsibilities. The Confessions blog is there for anyone to submit their story. My responsibility is to read and publish their story on the web site. Some are spam and so all of them need to be read and approved…

These people are opening their lives up and many times for the first time ever. They write about discovering porn at a young age and being unwillingly attracted, they write about living in fear of getting caught, they write about being a forty-something mother watching porn at home and feeling like the only one, they write about being introduced to “sexual things” years before they even know what sex is.

I’m thankful that I get to read these stories. They remind me that people really are out there struggling to overcome pornography’s grip. I am most thankful to read the comments that people leave and they are giving advice and encouraging and then, the best part, the first person comes back… and leaves thank yous and updates about their progress. None of us can even be sure who’s using a real name but the connection is so powerful that people can start to become whole again!