Confirmation from God

I love when God gives me confirmation that what I'm doing is within His plan for me. I'm currently in a Bible study group with ladies from church and we're studying Lysa TerKeurst's Becoming More Than a Good Bible Study Girl.

Today in Chapter 14 of the book, Lysa talked about her healing after having an abortion. I found such encouragement from these words:

"We can't move forward with God when our past keeps pulling us down...

My complete healing came when I was finally able to turn my thoughts past my own healing to helping others in the same situation...

Will you go? Will you share? Will you allow God to comfort you and then take that comfort to others? I think you'll find that you are the one who ends up doubly blessed...

Not only will you see God bring good from your past mistakes, but you will see another layer of your life purpose unfolding. The more we see our life's purpose unfold, the more we'll be secure in the person God has created us to be. The more we become secure in the person God has created us to be, the more we'll be able to make peace with liking who we are. The more we make peace with liking who we are, the more we will be able to untangle self-distracting thoughts. The less entangled we are, the more effective we'll be for Christ."

These words made me think of you, my future readers. Just as Lysa said, my true healing began when I began to think of how I could help you. When I began to think of this storm in my life as part of my calling, my perspective changed.

I know that God hates pornography because it is sin. I know that it grieves Him when it destroys trust and intimacy within marriages and families.

But I am reminded of Romans 8:28 that says, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." - NIV, emphasis mine.

I trust that God is working good from pornography storming through my marriage. I trust that He will do the same for you.

Welcome

Hello and Welcome to Healing for Your Heart!

It's a somewhat bittersweet experience for me to have started this website and blog, I never imagined that God would have brought me on this journey.

In 2009 my husband of five years confessed his pornography addiction to me and it shattered my world. It seemed like everything I had thought about my life was a lie.

I felt so alone and so betrayed. My husband felt that a load had been removed off his back, but I felt like he had given me that load to bear. The burden overwhelmed me. I grieved for the marriage I thought I had and for any hopes I had placed in my husband.

But God...

God gave me a glimpse of hope and restoration. He began to lift me out of the pit of my despair. He began to work in my marriage and we slowly experienced renewal, personally and as a couple.

One of the biggest ways in which I experienced healing (and still do) is through the hope of ministering to all of my fellow sisters who walk this road. The biggest fallacy of this whole experience is that I initially thought I walked alone, but I sadly learned that there are so many of us.

God gave me the vision to start this place where we can share and encourage each other. I don't claim to have all the answers or to be completely healed. But what I do know is that God sustained me through this storm and He can sustain you too. The Master Healer can heal our hearts.

I pray that you'll join me on this journey and let me know how I can pray for you.