Justin & Ann’s
Love Story
Part 2
Justin
AFTER THE SOUTH CAROLINA TRIP I came home and enrolled in the Pure
Life program. I do not know how great a blessing this has been in my life. I decided
to go all the way and do everything I could to be free from these addictions. To
gain a woman with the character and godliness to call off her wedding because
of her lover’s sin, I knew I must go to great lengths to be free from that sin. I put
myself into the program and into doing things with my time other than being alone
or on my computer. I tell these things as part of my story because it was things like
this that helped me to see some of the things that God wanted of me. Through
the program I learned that lust and basically all sin is a result of selfishness. During
our courtship, God had been impressing on me that I should live and hold my girlfriend with love, as it says in Eph. 5, so that I could present her to myself as a pure
spotless bride. I am amazed at how God kept me from touching my girl-friend in a
sexual or any other inappropriate manner. There were no hugs, kisses, or holding
of hands. During this time God began to really apply these verses in my own life.
As a part of the bride of Christ, I must also do my part in keeping myself pure for
my Lover. All I can say without preaching a long sermon is that God did a work in
me to bring me to a place of victory. This cost me a great deal. After six months of
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By Justin & Ann Kanagy
Photography by Gretta Coates
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