![]() Lust is not at the top of my list of sins to contend with, but it's surely there, along with the other six, lurking in my soul. By God's grace, there's nothing I might tell you that you would find especially alarming or disturbing. For some obvious reasons, I'll do less of that this time. So far in this series, I've been fairly forthcoming about my issues with these sins-first pride, then anger. Of all the sins, lust is surely the most difficult to talk about. ![]() But how do we get control of it when it burns so deep, when it's fanned into flame by our hyper-sexualized society? We're ashamed of ourselves and afraid of where it could lead if we don't get control of it. But lust brings us to our knees in defeat it fills us with remorse. We get used to the other sins, convincing ourselves that our greed, sloth, or anger isn't so bad: that our heart's in the right place, that we can keep it under control. Of the seven deadly sins, lust is the most shameful. And we haven't even talked yet about what happens when those desires give way to action. The forms of lust are many-pornography, fantasy, flirtation, sexting, ogling, innuendo-but all of them are damaging. The voices of lust are varied-young and old, male and female, single and married-but all of them are strained, brittle, and sad.
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