When This Pastor’s Wife Found Her Husband’s Porn Addiction – It Took Her 3 Days to Confront Him…
When Christina fell in love with a pastor in training, she thought she was marrying one of the good guys.
From the beginning of their marriage, she always felt like something was off. Within two years of their marriage, Christina had a feeling that it wasn’t going to last, but she couldn’t describe why. Eight years into the marriage, she opened their computer and found something in their search history that changed everything. She discovered her pastor/husband had a hidden porn addiction.
“It hit me like a wrecking ball, but some things started to finally make sense–why he wasn’t emotionally invested in our marriage, why he wasn’t available to me, not on a sexual level, but an intimate level. I always felt like there was half of him missing,” Christina says.
It took Christina three days to build up the courage to confront him. To her surprise, he didn’t deny it.
After that, they went through two-and-a-half years of an unhealthy cycle of forgiveness and relapse. Christina felt abused; she had no self-esteem. She even felt like her children were created in a lie and she was just a vessel her husband was using.
It was the toughest time of her life.
But the story didn’t end there. God ended up redeeming and reclaiming Christina and her husband–and put their marriage back together again.
“I see myself as the victorious daughter of Christ who is loved and valued.”
Dealing with pornography addiction as a pastor or ministry leader is incredibly tough and messy, but there is always hope in Christ.
If you know someone who needs to hear Christina’s story, please share this with them today.
From the beginning of their marriage, she always felt like something was off. Within two years of their marriage, Christina had a feeling that it wasn’t going to last, but she couldn’t describe why. Eight years into the marriage, she opened their computer and found something in their search history that changed everything. She discovered her pastor/husband had a hidden porn addiction.
“It hit me like a wrecking ball, but some things started to finally make sense–why he wasn’t emotionally invested in our marriage, why he wasn’t available to me, not on a sexual level, but an intimate level. I always felt like there was half of him missing,” Christina says.
It took Christina three days to build up the courage to confront him. To her surprise, he didn’t deny it.
After that, they went through two-and-a-half years of an unhealthy cycle of forgiveness and relapse. Christina felt abused; she had no self-esteem. She even felt like her children were created in a lie and she was just a vessel her husband was using.
It was the toughest time of her life.
But the story didn’t end there. God ended up redeeming and reclaiming Christina and her husband–and put their marriage back together again.
“I see myself as the victorious daughter of Christ who is loved and valued.”
Dealing with pornography addiction as a pastor or ministry leader is incredibly tough and messy, but there is always hope in Christ.
If you know someone who needs to hear Christina’s story, please share this with them today.
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