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Almost Lost My Life

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  1. May 3, 2023 #1
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    In Jesus's name, I pray for the right words.

    This is weighing on my heart today. Lust and pornography almost cost me my life! To be clear - My Eternal Life!

    I was so taken by it. I had no control over temptation. My life spiraled out of control. From magazines to XXX movie houses to tapes to DVDs to free internet sites to acting out, I was lost! For hours and hours to years and years, I was lost.

    Until the day I had the grace to see how far I had fallen from God; that is when I found freedom in the Catholic Churches' sacraments. Thank you, Holy Spirit, for that grace to see my sins. It is hard for me to express the joy I was given after the sacrament of reconciliation.

    I am not lost now. I have been forgiven. My heart overflows with the joy of forgiveness.

    I do not take this gift lightly. I know that I am still a target. Satan does not rest when seeking souls. We all are in an unseen spiritual battle. I pray the rosary daily, go to eucharistic Adoration, wear the Brown Scapular, pray three Hail Marys when I wake and before I sleep, and pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet weekly.

    Some reading this may think that I am nuts!

    I am not writing to brag but to shout as loud as I can about God's goodness. I pray with all my heart to never commit a mortal sin again and to stay in God's Grace.

    I pray that those who have found the grace of forgiveness. I pray for those who still struggle daily. I pray for unbelievers who are lost. Remain in grace, and don't put down your weapons. For those lost - God loves you very much - find your way back to God.
     
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  2. May 4, 2023 #2
    CPilot

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    A beautiful testimony like this is so powerful! Thank you for sharing it so passionately. My story is a similar one. It seems that it wasn't until I plunged to one of my lowest points of sin and despair that I was finally ready for the healing that God had long been offering to me.

    Honestly, I think what we are both experiencing is the receipt of a miracle. Indeed, to call it anything else seems cowardly and ungrateful. I understand that others may think they are unworthy, or just not fortunate enough, to receive something so full of grace as a miracle. However, that thought underestimates God's love because it fails to consider the incredible offer of mercy and love that God makes to each of us everyday. I think it is more likely that we haven't searched our lives to recognize the miracles God has already given us nor to recognize that God, in His infinite wisdom, knows the optimal conditions and timing to bestow a miracle upon us.

    I know I have received this miracle of healing and I pray that I do not squander it.
     
    CPilot, May 4, 2023
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