Can I be honest with you? One year ago today, I was tired, exhausted, and the thought of hope was a mental toll. I was deeply addicted to pornography and masturbation and more often than not, I wondered if that was something I would always struggle with.
I searched online desperately for a community of believers who attacked this addiction as a unit. I was positive I'd find one, but I never did. By the grace of God an old mentor reached out around that time. He asked me how I was doing and when I mentioned this addiction, he got so excited. "Come join our group. It starts in a few months, which is weird to ask you to wait a few months I know, but I have a few spots left and I'd love for you to join."
I knew I'd join but I wasn't excited. "This won't work," I told him. "But you're in?" he quickly asked. I was annoyed at his enthusiasm. "Yes, I'm in."
Over the course of 2022, I experienced community like never before. I met with believers regularly. I confessed everything. Always scared of being rejected and always being met with grace and renewed mercies, my view of the gospel changed. If imperfect pictures of God loved me so well, how much more did He love me?
So in the midst of all this healing I remember asking God how he wanted me to respond to this huge gift of peace and healing he was granting me and Free Indeed started coming alive. Free Indeed is created so that your road to recovery can be smoother than mine. I wish I had Free Indeed when I was addicted, struggling, and alone.
Come and see what a community that's obsessed with the love of Christ looks like. Broken and struggling? Sure. But our eyes are eternally fixed on Jesus with so much room to have you come be a part of it.
Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”
- John 1:38-29, NIV
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