My understanding is this: the religious person tries to abstain from vice as much as the bodybuilder tries to abstain from junk food and ill health. In the sense as trying not to give into something’s going to be hard anyways but it’s not unsuccessful. Though that also necessitates a greater need for austerity and self-restraint that I think even some Christian churhces and Christians don’t really understand.
Like if you admit that you’ve got problems that might interfere with a relationship and somebody didn’t really get what you’re going through, from my experience it’s ultimately going to be fruitless. Not everybody, even God’s going to tolerate your vices at times especially if you test their patience way too much (God especially if because he’s this impatient, tired and demanding).
You struggle not to draw nudes, you’d be better off learning to sew more often instead to stave off what you know to be shameful. But that necessitates further self-restraint, whether if one’s willing or not.
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