If you’re looking at porn, know this: Real people are involved, and real damage is done. When you watch porn, you are supporting and encouraging the sexual, emotional, psychological and physical abuse of real women, not just actors.
Talking with Crissy, my disgust over my history of watching porn and my gratitude to Jesus for redeeming me from that horrid habit simultaneously reached new highs. I wish every guy could sit down with Crissy for five minutes and just talk to her. If that doesn’t convict him, I don’t know what will.
3. Jesus Can Redeem Anyone’s Story
What stood out the most to me as Crissy shared—despite all she had been through over the years with guys (not men) treating her as a commodity rather than a person and disrespecting her entirely—was that she told her story with a smile on her face.
Crissy knows without a doubt her past does not define her—Jesus does.
She knows in Christ, she is righteous and spotless without blemish. She has hope for the future because of Jesus. She knows Jesus is using her past to redeem others in the present.
She now works for a nonprofit organization called Treasures, which aims to reach out to women in the sex industry with the message that they are loved, valued and purposed by Christ.
For those of you struggling with porn, know this:
- There’s no such thing as “free porn”—it’s a lie.
- Real women are being hurt in the porn industry.
- Porn promises what only Jesus can fulfill.
- Because Jesus conquered sin and death, this sin can be put to death once and for all in your life. You are fighting a battle that has already been won through Jesus’ life, death and resurrection.
Jesus really can and will redeem anyone’s story.
