We had a case study on pornography and it hit a very personal nerve with me. Before I married my husband, he admitted he had a struggle in the past with pornography. He wanted to be open about it from the very beginning and give me a chance to decide if I wanted to proceed with our marriage. Looking back, I am thankful he had the maturity and understanding of what pornography can do to a marriage and that it is in fact evil.
Through out our marriage, the struggle has reappeared on a few occasions. The pain it causes me, is more than I realized. I have gone between being calm and willing to push forward in our relationship, to so much anger and betrayal that I no longer wanted a marriage.
The greatest blessing I have found is the ability to forgive. I have been able to forgive due to the work that both of us have put into repairing the damage. Our situation reminds me of other lessons I have learned in this class. Particularly the importance of a strong family unit. I desire nothing more than to keep my family together and to be with my spouse for eternity. Through counseling and a brilliant addiction program, we have been able to more forward with a string commitment to ourselves and our family.
Satan seeks to destroy the family but I will continue to fight to keep mine together. I pray every day, that my husband and I can fight temptations that may come our way. I know Satan is working on us and will continue to work on us until we can ultimately prevail.
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