Porn Star Escapes

 “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?

And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. Mt 18:12–13 NIV

Shelley Lubben loved Jesus when she was a little girl. She wanted to be a preacher. At the age of nine she was sexually abused. She was sexualised and became sexually active as a teenager. At 18, her life was out of control and her parents rejected her.

She was poor and hungry. Then a man offered her money for sex and she became a prostitute.

She became pregnant and gave birth to a child with a client. She kept the baby but continued to work as a prostitute.

However, God did not abandon her. She still believed in God, but she did not trust Jesus because she was rejected by her parents and everyone else. She also felt that God had abandoned her.

Then she was afraid of rape, murder and prison. She looked for a way out as a porn actress because it seemed less dangerous.

Then she felt the diabolical darkness like never before, much worse than in prostitution.
She had a brilliant success as a porn star, but the eerie demonic presence was terrible to her.

Then Jesus Himself came to her again and again. He pleaded with her lovingly:
Please, Shelley, don't do it again this time.

She eventually left the porn industry, but she was deeply hurt and tainted.

She then found a friend who had also turned away from Jesus. He became a brotherly friend, but then they returned to Jesus together and she married him.