Sexual addiction is not just a struggle over a mental perspective; it touches God’s very image, as well the depths of a man’s soul.

 

There  was once a great and noble King whose land was terrorized by a crafty dragon. Like a massive bird of prey, the scaly beast delighted in ravaging villages with his fiery breath. Hapless victims ran from their burning homes, only to be snatched into the dragon’s jaws or talons. Those devoured instantly were deemed more fortunate than those carried back to the dragon’s lair to be devoured at his leisure. The King led his sons and knights in many valiant battles against the serpent.

 

          Riding alone in the forest, one of the Kings' sons heard his name purred low and soft. In the shadows of the ferns and trees, curled among the boulders, lay the dragon. The creature’s heavily –lidded eyes fastened on the prince, and the reptilian mouth stretched into a friendly smile.

 

          “Don’t be alarmed” said the dragon, as gray wisps of smoke rose lazily from his nostrils.” I am not what your father thinks”.

 

          “What are you, then ?” asked the prince, warily drawing his sword as he pulled in the reins to keep his fearful horse from bolting.

         

          “ I am pleasure,” said the dragon. “Ride on my back and you will experience more than you ever imagined. Come now. I have no harmful intentions. I seek a friend, someone to share flights with me. Have you never dreamed of flying? Never longed to soar in the clouds? “.

                  

          Visions of soaring high above the forested hills drew the prince hesitantly from his horse. The dragon unfurled one great webbed wing to serve as a ramp to his ridged back. Between the spiny projections, the prince found a secure seat. Then the creature snapped his powerful wings twice and launched them to the sky.                     

                               

The prince’s apprehension melted into a awe and exhilaration. From then on, he met the dragon often, but secretly , for how could he tell his father, brothers or the knights that  he had befriended the enemy ?.

 

The prince felt separate from them all. Their concerns were no longer his concerns. Even when he wasn’t with the dragon, he spent less time with those he loved and more time alone.           

 

          The skin on the prince’s legs became calloused from gripping the ridged back of the dragon, and his hands grew rough and hardened. He began wearing gloves to hide the malady. And many nights of riding, he discovered scales growing on the back of his hands as well. With dread he realized his fate were he to continue and so he resolved to return no more to the dragon.

 

          But after a fortnight, he again sought out the dragon, having  been tortured with desire. And so it transpired many times over. No matter what his determination, the prince eventually found himself pulled back, as if by the cords of an invisible web. Silently, patiently the dragon always waited.

 

          One cold, moonless night their excursion became a foray against a sleeping village. Torching the thatched roofs with fiery blasts from his nostrils, the dragon roared with delight when the terrified victims fled from their burring homes. Swooping in, the serpent belched again and flames engulfed a cluster of screaming villagers. The prince closed his eyes tightly in an attempt to shut out the carnage.

 

          In the predawn hours, when the prince crept back from his dragon trysts, the road outside his father’s castle usually remained empty. But not tonight. Terrified refugees streamed into the protective walls of the castle. The prince attempted to slip through the crowd to close himself in his chambers, but some of the survivors stared and pointed toward him.

 

          “He was there” one woman cried out. “ I saw him on the back of the dragon.” Others nodded their heads  in angry agreement. Horrified the price saw that his father, the King was in the courtyard holding a bleeding child in his arms. The King's face mirrored the agony of his people as his eyes found the prince’s. The son fled, hoping to escape into the night, but the guards apprehended him as if he were a common thief. They brought him to the great hall where his father sat solemnly on the throne. The people on very side railed against the prince.

 

          “Banish him” he heard one of his own brothers angrily cry out.

         

          “Burn him alive !” other voices shouted.

 

          As the King rose from his throne, bloodstains from the wounded shone

darkly on his royal robes. The crowd fell silent in expectation of his decree. The prince , who could not bear to look into his father's face, stared at  the flagstones of the floor.

         

“Take off your gloves and your tunic,” the King commanded. The prince obeyed slowly, dreading his metamorphosis uncovered before the kingdoms. Was his shame not already great enough ?, He had hoped for a quick death without further humiliation. Sounds of revulsion rippled through the crowd at the sight of the prince’s thick, scaled skin and the ridge growing along his spine.

 

          The King strode towards his son, and the prince steeled himself, fully expecting a back-handed blow even though he had never been struck so by his father.

 

          Instead, his father embraced him and wept as he held him tightly. In shocked disbelief, the prince buried his face against his father’s shoulder.

 

          “Do you wish to be freed from the dragon, my son ? “The prince answered in despair, “ I wished it many times , but there is no hope for me.”

 

“Not alone,” said the king. “you can not win against the serpent alone.”.

 

          “Father, I am no longer your son. I am half beast,” sobbed the prince.

 

                But his father replied , “ My blood runs in the veins. My nobility has always been stamped deep with in your soul.”

 

          With his face still hidden tearfully in his father’s embrace, the prince heard the King instruct the crowd, “The dragon is crafty. Some fall victim to his wiles and some to his violence. There will be mercy for all who wish to be freed. Who else among you has ridden the dragon?”.

 

          The prince lifted his head to see someone emerge from the crowd. To his amazement , he recognized an older brother, one who had been lauded throughout the kingdom for his onslaughts against the dragon in battle and for his many good deeds. Others came, some weeping , others hanging their heads in shame.

 

          The king embraced them all.

 

          “This is our most powerful weapon against the dragon” he announced. “Truth. No more hidden flights. Alone we cannot resist him.”

 

 

Bondage from sexual sins though very attractive at the beginning but it is not as the days go by. Dear friend our Lord Jesus Christ is the loving King who will rescue  and deliver us completely from all bondages of dragon.

 

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Only for private circulation, CAK.

This text taken from a book “Pure Desire” by TED ROBERTS