PAULA NEAL MOONEY

I remember my friend telling me the story of Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs -- about how they got divorced and remarried and how they help lots of other couples, but I never knew Cheryl admitted to having an affair until I watched their video testimony this morning . I've been blogging about how much I love the " I Am Second" book and all the honest stories of people inside it, and how they eventually came to know Christ in the midst of their pain. There was the pastor addicted to porn , and now there's the Scruggs' amazingly honest story of how their fairytale marriage turned horrible when their expectations of each other were revealed as false. It took Jeff seven years to forgive his wife and remarry her... ...after Cheryl divorced him and found Christ and realized she'd made a huge mistake. It's a good thing they were knit back together in holy matrimony to be able to stand strong together for what they would face when their daughter Lauren met wit...

I flipping love being a writer. And I love reading the work of other great writers -- especially those bold enough to interview folks who are bold enough to tell their real truths -- warts and all -- like Nate Larkin did in a section titled " Porn Again Pastor " in the book "I Am Second" that I'm devouring. His honesty moved me so much that I knew it was the next thing I wanted to appear on the writing platforms I'm privy to possess. It's not everyday that you meet a Christian willing to drop the church façade and admit that yes, we do have the victory in Christ Jesus -- but it's not via our own doing or because of any virtue of our flesh that we can brag about. The Apostle Paul wrote that if he were going to brag about anything, he'd brag about his weaknesses so that Christ's power can rest upon him -- that is, when he wasn't going off on that New Testament church for being proud of some man having his father's wife. M...

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