[Mrs. Don-o]

Elsie. Difference between an invited thought (which would be a sin, like "committing adultery in the heart") and an uninvited thought (which you sweep out with the broom of prayer --- or the dynamite of grace!)

One can be an "alcoholic" but not a drunk. I know alcoholics who have been clean and sober for years. They're still alcoholics, though. Same as a chaste, pure, God-pleasing person whose unbidden sexual attractions are for people of the same sex. Still homosexual in orientation, but not rolling out the welcome mat--- or the sofa-bed--- in his mind!

[Elsie]

My pastor used to say...

"You can't keep a bird from alighting on your head;
but you don't have to let her build a nest there!"

[2harddrive]

EXACTLY!