>>240713
I will pray for you, as well as everyone in the nofap thread.
>>240739
Thank you, brah. That's very encouraging.
Regarding your request about sin, this is one of the most eye-opening things I've encountered recently on the subject. It's from Scott Cairns' book "The End of Suffering" (I highly recommend reading the whole book).
>Admittedly, our particular English noun sin can be misleading given that, generally speaking, when we bother to put a name to a thing, we expect that thing to exist. The Greek precursor, amartia (literally, "missing the mark"), is a good deal more instructive for our apprehending the status of things; the Greek word's construction, beginning with that familiar a–which is to say, beginning with not–attends to sin's ontology, its originating energy. It is the great not, the infernal no to God's eternal yes. It is ever and always mistaken. Dissing the marker, it misses the mark. It is the failure–or the refusal–of being, plain and simple.
>Those of us who struggle with habitual sins–and we know who we are–are very likely to break our hearts over the business of turning away from those chronic mark-missings. Our problems with recurring sin, and the more general human problem of being enslaved by sin, is never solved simply by our rejecting that sin, no matter how many times we try, no matter how strenuously we struggle to reject it.
>This is because merely rejecting sin–that is, focusing on not sinning–is finally just another species of infernal no.
>"Just say no" is an insufficient principle.
>"The strongest man or woman in the world is not nearly strong enough to triumph over his or her sin simply by saying no to it. What we need is the strength-giving grace occasioned by our saying yes to something else, by our saying yes, and yes, and yes–ceaselessly–to Someone else.
>It is not our finally turning away from sin that frees us from sin's recurrence; rather it is our turning toward Christ–and the mystery of our continuing to turn into Him– that puts sin behind us.
I'm also reading "Every Man's Marriage" by Steven Arteburn and Fred Stoeker, in which I found this little enlightening tidbit:
>Our definition of sin is usually far too narrow for our own good. Many of us go through life without understanding the full height, breadth, and depth of God's definition of sin. Instead of asking, "How holy can I be?" we prefer to ask, "How far can I go and still be called a Christian?"
I hope these are helpful in some way. In any case, I will definitely be praying for you.
>>240755
>cheeky edits
I like you.
I will pray for your financial situation.
>>240676 (Me)
I am getting better. Please continue to pray for me.