“Fantasies often reveal unmet needs that God wants to supply in healthy ways.”
Um…. Wow.
Yeah, don’t suggest that I gauge God’s desires based on my fantasies. Holy fuck that’s a bad premise.
“Likewise, sexual fantasies can showcase a wounded place in our spirits that God needs to heal.”
So, how do i tell the difference? If i fantasize about, say, A Sphinx… Is that God wanting me to, um, date a woman/lion/eagle, or is God trying to FIX my woman/lion/eagle wound?
“If the fantasies persist and are disturbing, seeking godly counsel can help uncover the root of the heart wound producing them.”
By disturbing, you must mean disturbing to an external observer. If they were disturbing to ME, I would not fantasize about that, duh.
But just fantasizing about my wife is disturbing to SOME people, because we’re an interracial couple. And she’s an educated Catholic Feminist who’s older than I am, and had three pregnancies. So, really, I could give two shits about whether anyone else is disturbed by my fantasies. Especially if they’re going to diagnose a need to see godly counsel.
“When in doubt about a sexual fantasy or any other consuming thought,”
Gotta say, ‘doubt’ is not a word I’d use about my sexual fantasies. Again, if I had doubts, i would not fantasize in the flavor.
And I’m long past feeling guilt if YOU judge my fantasy.
“we can always apply the Philippians 4:8 test to see if it is pleasing to God. He wants to be Lord of every part of us, including our fantasies.”
NOt a terribly useful test, though.
Back to the Sphinx fantasy. IF that’s actually sent by God as something he wants for me, then it’s pleasing to God no matter what my spiritual advisor thinks about it. I mean, they’re fallible human beings all het up by their basic approach, which is that God hates what THEY hate, and read the Bible accordingly.
