The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Ack, help!

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]I'd actually prefer that it was someone I couldn't see, because my sin is so shameful even to myself, I can't bear to look someone in the face as I recount it.</font><hr></blockquote><p>I can certainly empathize with what you are saying here, Nathan. But it is not sound reasoning, in that it smacks of pride. I can assure you that your sin(s) are not unique to you. In fact, I would be so bold as to say that whatever it is, there are countless other young men who have been guilty of what you are struggling with. This God Himself has said as well, "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is <span style="background-color:yellow;">common to man</span>:" (1Cor 10:13). And although it may be shameful to even speak of, there are those who are always in remembrance of their deliverance and the pit which they once wallowed in. But the fact that they have been delivered make them all the more able to offer the help you seek. For they will be able to be bold to deal with this matter, but in a spirit of brokenness knowing that it is by grace that we all live by faith.<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]but most of the people in the church(es) that I attend are old and married and thus haven't experienced this sort of temptation in a long, long time.</font><hr></blockquote><p>Gee, another faulty "excuse"?!! [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/sad.gif" alt="sad" title="sad[/img] Tell me, if you were trying to stop smoking, just as an example, would you find more encouragement from someone who hadn't had a cigarette in 3 days or from someone who hasn't smoked in 20 or 30 years? [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/wink.gif" alt="wink" title="wink[/img] Personally, I would much prefer to be under the guidance and accountability of someone who is a "winner" rather than a "might be" or a "wannabe". Think about that.<br><br>In His Grace,