Into the Fire

Yesterday I mentioned sexual addictions. Like any addiction, sexual addiction causes severe damage to those engaged in its ever expanding practices and demands and to those who are the collateral victims.

I wrote a novel about this topic (Wounds . . . and Healings), without getting into graphic perversions of sexual activities, to demonstrate the power sex holds over particular individuals. As with all of my novels thus far, it's a novel that points to Jesus Christ as the means for healing the wounds inflicted by others besides being the salvager of souls. 

Addictions begin with a testing dose of the desired product. When that product creates a demand on the body and the psyche, it's immensely difficult to deny either the pseudo satisfaction of fulfilling the demand or to curtail the activity. The addiction only escalates, never complete with the same dosage of the product. Without alternative actions to stop the created cravings, usually, death results via an overdose, a deteriorating and sick body which can no longer sustain life, a suicide, or even a fatal accident.

Sexual addiction isn't easily recognized by a world that exalts fornication, excuses adultery, and justifies its cravings. Unfortunately, sexual addiction is just as harmful to its unsuspecting victims as it is to the ones who are indulging the activity. The wounds left to the crux of the human heart need the touch of the One who designed it.

Father, help us all to guard our hearts. We're prone to choose evil. May your rescue penetrate all we do and keep us safe from our wanton ways. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.