But there is an even deeper issue than our question. What else is it we are seeking from the Woman with the Golden Hair? What is that ache we are trying to assuage with her? Mercy, comfort, beauty, ecstasy--in a word, God. I'm serious. What we are looking for is God.
Notice that the struggle with pornography or masturbation is most difficult when you are lonely, or beat up, or longing for comfort in some way...but if this is the water you are truly thirsty for, then why do you remain thirsty after you''ve had a drink? It's the wrong well. We must reverse Adam''s choice; we must choose God over Eve. We take our ache to Him. For only in God will we find the healing for our wound."
"- John Eldredge
Quoted by Dr. Tom Wood in Graced Again (Church Multiplication Ministries) http://www.gracedagain.com
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