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I am a Christian young man i go to church i say my prayers and i do my very best to serve god.
But i have a problem with the sin of lust.

I try not to lust but even the seeing a woman walk into my line of sight causes me to develop lust filled thoughts and desires.

Please help me! It has gotten so bad i have even prayed to god to take away my sight.
 

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I understand, you're not alone. I constantly have to be bouncing my eyes, and I know I fail a lot. Even when I don't succumb to looking, I know they're there and the urge to look if very great. I find with myself that if I hang out with men and women I tend not to lust as much. When I know them myself, I see that they're made in God's image and that they're human, not just pieces of meat. I still have a lot of issues with the general public. I have prayed that prayer myself. Hang in there.
 
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We as men tend to look ALOT. Even if its not lusting we are doing, we still notice. Just as women notice the abs or butt of a guy. Now that I am marrying I am trying really hard to not even look. I to do not look at them as meat, I instead notice they beauty of a woman. Overall the human body is beautiful, but we still have to be sure not to set ourselves up for a trap.

Will we ever be able to NOT look at another woman? Depends on the person. Sadly because of sin its one of a mans downfalls though. Just try your best and pray God gives you strength to help you with it.

Reminds me of today. We went to Olive Garden and a mom was breast feeding her child. I happen to notice because she had like a cover over her that I didn't realize what it was at first. Then I looked away and didn't look back. Mind you I wasn't lusting, I think a woman breast feeding a child is beautiful. But still, I didn't want her getting the wrong impression because sadly women who breastfeed are often looked at by men in lustful ways.
 
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