There is something beautiful and tenderly sacred about a romantic relationship between a man and a woman. There is no richer association. Pure love is one of the most amazing gifts our Father in Heaven could have offered His children. It is kind. It is selfless. It is precious. Men and women were made for each other, literally built for each other. God has given His children an amazing responsibility to find and nurture this love in order to create families. We understand families to be the unit of the heavens. Think about that for a minute. In the eternities, the God of Gods prizes family over anything else. Prizes pure, sacred love between husband and wife, and in addition their love for their children above ANYTHING else. No creation comes close. No other idea, philosophy or ideal comes above the family. Incredibly, God's entire purpose- the Being who created limitless worlds, universes, galaxies; the Being who holds all power and all knowledge and all experience- CHOOSES to dedicate Himself solely to the continuation of the family. There is nothing in this life or any other life that will come close to the emotions that are created when you truly, honestly love someone. When you dedicate yourself to caring for someone else, you somehow find the best version of yourself.
As usual, there is one contrary to the God of Love. His favorite game is to take something wonderful and twist it into the opposite, kindly packaging it under a false name.
Pornography. Is. Not. Love.
Let's take everything that makes relationships between man and woman fulfilling. Honesty becomes sitting behind closed doors and darkening your screen, checking to make sure someone isn't at the door. Honesty becomes secrets, lying to your family and your friends and your other half and telling them that you are faithful. Dedication becomes addiction. Craving to get online, trying to find yourself alone so that no one will see. Dedication becomes fear, deleting your search history day after day and month after month. Integrity becomes shame. Shame that you couldn't control yourself for one day. Shame when you realize you always need more than you had last time and you always have to go a little farther. Lying, shameful, unholy habits that change who you are and how you think.
If it was just personal, then maybe I could get by without blogging about it. But pornography doesn't end with one person.
Someday everyone you know is going to find out. Your daughters, sisters, girlfriend, spouse, your mother, your best friend. Imagine their faces when they realize that you have corrupted yourself with something so filthy. Pornography is exploiting human beings. Women. People who are given the special gift of tenderness, nurturing and caring for the human race. You are defiling one of God's most beautiful creations. And as you look in the face of your little sister, or your best friend, someone who has cared for you in your time of need and you realize that you can't look them in the eye because you know what you've done.
So to hell with everyone who ever said that pornography is "just for fun" or "no big deal". "No big deal" when you shatter the heart of every woman close to you. "Just for fun" to see tears streak down their faces. They can't trust you. They'll never trust you again, for how can they trust someone who lied to their face and pretended everything was okay. It was not okay. This is not something you can just shove under a table and pretend like it didn't happen. You are destroying your own soul and distancing yourself from everyone who loves you. You are killing your family.
In a society where intimacy is cheapened, families are ripped apart and love is falsified, Jesus Christ is the only healing agent. He alone can mend a broken spirit. He alone can grant ability to turn sin to strength. Jesus Christ atoned that we through Him might be saved. I would be wrong if I said that forgiveness can't be attained, relationships can't be mended, or trust could not be reinstated. Through Christ all things are possible. If you ask, you shall receive. The time to change is now. Jesus Christ always waits with willing arms to receive you into His love. Because He is perfect, Christ always loves with perfect love, judges rightly, and acts mercifully. You can humbly turn to Him for restitution and He will help you. His arm is indeed stretched out still.
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