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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS I was sexually active before I became a believer - remembering it makes me feel shame, how do I overcome this?

By 2023-09-18T08:30:00

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In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ the Woman Alive panel answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us a confidential email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, we tackle; feelings of shame about your sexual history.

Hi Woman Alive

I’ve recently come back to faith. I was at a CofE school and was christened but I didn’t get the whole Christian thing. I’m now 36 and have committed my life to Jesus. I’m so happy with this choice and the way my life is headed, but for the last 20 years or so, I’ve not been living in a very “Christian” way. I wouldn’t say that I “slept around” but I was sexually active with boyfriends and people I was seeing as with most people without faith in the world. Now I just feel a horrific shame. I don’t know how to handle it, can you help?

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