In the Dark: Healing Sexual Intimacy After Porn and Infidelity

(Hi Girls!  Today I'm thrilled to write for the amazing women over at MOPs.  It's the first of a two-part series on what it looks like to heal some of the most broken pieces of my marriage.  Let me just tell you, I feel SO vulnerable sharing...)

I'll never forget the first time Jason and I had the opportunity to speak together to a group of couples at a retreat deep in the mountains of Colorado.  We were there to share our story and more than that, how God was saving our marriage after porn, affairs and everything in between had taken us down for the count.  I could barely sleep the night prior and my heart's strong beat was a constant reminder - as I lay there sleepless - of my real fear of talking in front of others.When I think about that event, my most poignant memory is of the tall woman standing in the back of the room with her arms crossed.  As she catapulted a question my way, her tone revealed my story had hit close to home.  Sternly, she asked, "After everything Jason has done, and given your struggle with anorexia, how can you possibly have sex with him?"

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