Forward with Faith: Finding Strength and Healing in Christ
Today, Sara shares her story about the journey she and her husband have been on as they have faced his pornography addiction. They have made the choice to share their story with the hope that it can help others in a similar situation not feel so alone. She also testifies that because God is there, you are never alone! Sara moderates a private, non-denominational support group online for wives of porn addicts at Cafe Mom. My story starts almost three years ago. I was going through my...
Read MoreForward with Faith: Healing from Abuse
A Mormon woman shares of the heartbreak of abuse, and how she was able to find healing. ~Name withheld It is over a decade later. I have finally come to the realization that I am an abused woman. No, I never received a bruise, a cut or a strike of the hand, but the words that berated me daily broke my spirit, cut into my confidence and beat me into a silent depressed ghost of myself. I no longer laughed, I no longer made goals or plans and I never ventured out of my little cell of allowable...
Read MoreThe Sacrament and "Willing Sanctification"
Willing Sanctification ~by Marsha I am one of those women who never feels ‘good enough.’ It seems like no matter how much I try, no matter how many things I accomplish; it is never ‘enough.’ I always seem to see the flaws, the places I could and should have done better. That makes it difficult to receive compliments, and to be content with any accomplishment. When I was teaching Seminary [an LDS youth scripture study class for teens 14-18], we had the lesson on the sacrament. I knew...
Read MoreAt waters edge…
I love the beach. I love watching the water come swiftly up to my feet, cover them up, then just as quickly, reside back from the shore. The wave takes everything away and makes the sand smooth again. It’s beautiful. When I read the New Testament and come upon the scene where Christ washes His disciples feet, I often wonder what was going through their minds. It was such a simple act of service…meaning so much more than I feel I understand. For someone as perfect as...
Read MoreThoughts on President Boyd K. Packer's Recent Conference Talk
~by Michelle Last Sunday night, I settled down on my couch with my laptop to listen to President Boyd K. Packer’s General Conference talk. I had been under the weather and was unable to listen to the address live, and unfortunately, the only exposure I’d had to his message was through the frenzy in the media and elsewhere. But still, through headlines and even some direct quotes, I thought I had a general sense of what he had covered. But what I heard and felt was very different...
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