A Fruitless Chase Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: A Fruitless Chase -------------------------- Date: 12/4/2000 Keywords: "chase" "simplicity" "tranquillity" "wind" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Ecclesiastes 4:6* Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind. Question How often do you feel tranquil?   Practical help For all its addictive nature, porn can't hold a candle to the powerful effects of tranquillity. Relaxation. Positive mood. Contentment. Oddly, these are the things porn viewers seek but never find, as though on a chase for the wind. If you want these salutary effects, switch from smut to simplicity, from high-tech fantasy to commonplace reality. Hugging a loved one or friend. Feeling the grass under your bare feet on a walk in the park. Savoring coffee at your desk. The experienced writer of Ecclesiastes, who elsewhere admits to having tried every known approach to pleasure, puts his money on simplicity. It's the tranquil conclusion of one who knows that God is in control and that any pursuit not ordained by him is an exhausting and fruitless chase. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2000 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.