I have let my "lustful" side of my being go. I am letting it go, saying good bye, "I don't need it anymore, it does not serve me and never truly did". I share my life with a beautiful and truly remarkable woman... How blessed am I?
The "Lie" of lust and it's manifestation as pornography, leering, seeking risky images, and masturbation has no hold on me. I was told literally told... a few years back that I could "let it go" that "I no longer needed it and never really did". That message from God through The Spirit has been working on me ever since. I am free!
Last night at my men's group , our small group study film and accompanying questions focused on forgiveness... Wow, this got so involved, it so captivated the 10 men that we did not move to any other topic. We used examples of how we have been forgiven, by others and God, how we have forgiven others but sometimes with conditions. We also brought up times when we should have forgiven or could have forgiven others and our human nature got in the way and we missed the chance... and sometimes we never did and that person has since passed on. I am reflecting on forgiveness , true unconditional forgiveness. The same forgiveness The Lord gives us, if we only can receive it.
Forgive and Love, forgive and love yourself you deserve it!