I didn't say that you justified affairs..I'm sorry if you took that from my post. My personal belief is that you generalized too much in saying that all men struggle with lust. We are going to have to agree to disagree on this one. I just read Romans 7 in two translations of the Bible...New International and New Living....and neither one specifies lust as the subject. Paul is talking about sin...all sin....and how we humans are sinful by nature. He goes on in Romans 8:5-8 to say "Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. If your sinful nature controls your mind, then there is death. But if the Holy Spirit controls your mind, there is life and peace. For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God's laws, and it never will. That's why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God." Before that in Romans 6:1-2 Paul says "Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more kindness and forgiveness? Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how we can continue to live in it?"<P>Perhaps the problem here, Dogbert, is that you and I have different definitions of lust. Simply seeing a person of the opposite sex and finding them beautiful or handsome...even attractive...isn't lust. It is going on in your mind to fantasize about them in sexual ways that makes it lust. It is spending time in this type of sexual fantasy about people other than your spouse that is lust. I stand by my belief that the mature Christian man and woman recognize this and guard against it. I don't deny that sometimes even the mature Christian will sin and have lustful thoughts...but that is a matter of going to God and seeking His forgiveness and guidance and power to not fall again. I believe that continuing to fall into this type of sin suggests a problem that needs attention from a therapist and certainly seeking a deeper walk with God. I believe that through the power of the Holy Spirit it can be overcome.<P>We all have our personal beliefs and perspectives. I'm not going to try to convince you that mine is right and yours is wrong and I hope you will give me the same courtesy. Let's just all be friends
<P>------------------<BR>"They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31