Pornography cannot fill the void in our lives
Former Playboy Model of the Year and porn star Erica Campbell released the following statement this week:
There is ONE common thread to so many of us online here…..the need to be loved, accepted, cared for, the need to have SOMEONE understand you and connect with you. At the end of so many of these emails was that loneliness. SO many men have asked me what they were doing wrong, how to find a special girl like me for THEM. How to fill that “void” in their hearts…in their souls. For a long time I thought I was helping to fill that void in the lives of so many, and in a way I was. But it was all a lie. I could never fill that void for anyone…only be a sinful band aid for it. Only cause the loneliness to deepen….only cause my own soul to ache more.
I have been looking so long and so hard for someone to love me. Love ME for ME. Fill that hole in my soul. Complete me. All this time the only thing standing in my way was me. I have been blind and wrong. On so many levels for so long.
I have decided to leave the world of adult and porn behind me….and follow the lord. I have accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and am devoting my life to HIS WILL. I have found the one thing that can, will and DOES fill that void…and that’s GOD.
I have been trapped in sin and destruction for so long. Disappointment after disappointment……painful venture after painful venture. I have been my own worst enemy. Holding the key all along that could set me free from the darkness that had slowly enveloped me….that was eating away piece by piece my soul. Burning the light out of my eyes so slowly that I didn’t even see it….didn’t know it…..
It is will a new clarity and a new purpose that I will continue my life. I WANT TO HELP THESE GIRLS! These lost souls…..these girls that are ABUSING THEMSELVES. Selling themselves for NOTHING. I want to help them STOP THIS PAIN. I want to show them the light…..and the love of Jesus. ONLY HE CAN FILL THIS VOID IN THEIR LIFE! HE IS THE WAY….THE ONLY WAY.
I also want to help my fans…my friends……This void in your life and heart. You seek pornography to fill it….it’s only a bandage. Sin isn’t ugly….it’s beautiful. It can’t fill the voids in your life. ONLY GOD CAN FILL THEM!
I love my fans, and I love YOU. I want YOU to feel this peace. I want YOU to get out of the darkness that is all around you. You can not live with one foot in Christ and one in the world. Our time here is so short….today could be your last day here. And what will you have lived for? Died for? There is only one way to heaven and eternal life….and that is through Jesus.
Read Erica’s full statement here:
NOTE:
Erica was the adult industry’s example of everything “right with porn and adult modeling”. Yet she now comes out and reveals it couldn’t satisfy the loneliness and longing for love in her life. Only Christ can satisfy. The beautiful deception of porn is unraveling before our eyes. If Erica, who had what the adult industry offers, was not satisfied, what hope is there for others who aspire for the glamour of Erica’s old life? Erica was there. She gave it all up - she traded in the fantasy for something REAL!
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Tags: addiction, erica campbell, playboy, Porn---lies, testimony
October 21st, 2008 at 3:41 am
Hi,
I had no idea that Erica Campbell had become a Christian and I’m very pleased about it. I once had a conversation with her online and asked her to promise me something: That she would never do hardcore porn. My reason for asking her this was; firstly, because I she has a sweetness about her i didn’t want to see tarnished; and secondly, she’d just be another porn start.
I know it’s a subjective opinion, but I’ve never thought of Erica Campbell as a porn star, rather a glamour model. Perhaps that says more about me than anything else. Perhaps it’s my romantic view of Erica…
I’ve always seen Erica Campbell as a physical ideal. I’m not talking about her body here, which is lovely; I’m talking about what I see in her eyes. I haven’t seen recent pictures of her, so I can’t comment about what she says in her statement about losing their light. I always saw them as beautiful with a twinkle.
Oh yes, the link to her full statement doesn’t work, although her web site is still working and accepting members. Perhaps that’s out of her hands at the moment.
I’ve always thought it rather sad when a woman poses nude for photos and videos (although that makes me something of a hypocrite), because those images have a certain immortality and certainly in Erica’s case. I’ve wondered what happens when they have children or how they would meet someone who really did want them for themselves, rather than some physical fantasy. I often have Erica photos as my wallpaper; but, and this is important, I don’t use naked photos. It’s her face that I like to see. I would love to see her body too; but I’m not that optimistic…
I wish her all the best and hope that her former life doesn’t cause her pain in the future. I know that I would never throw it in her face, and I hope other people will respect her enough not to either. But the devil doesn’t like to lose and I bet he’s pissed!
Titus