Mailli Brown

“The madness that most people find, however, is that the solutions we pursue apart from God and community leave us more alone than we were at the beginning. Here, we double down our bet on lust and end up bankrupt.”
― Jay Stringer, Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing

“At this point in your journey, lust exposes your demand to be filled. But if you listen to your lust, it will reveal a holy desire for belonging. Anger now exposes your demand for control. But if you study your anger, you will find that it produces a remarkable radar for injustice.”
― Jay Stringer, Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing

“If you do not transform your pain, you will always transmit it.”
― Jay Stringer, Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing

“How often has a spouse appeared kind, hardworking, even sacrificial, but in private indulged in unwanted sexual behavior? The issue may be hypocrisy, but far more often, the person is recreating the original dynamics from childhood. The script he received was to present a tame and sacrificial version of himself to the world. Tragically, his sexual desire and personal opinions remain buried. Devoid of care, his thoughts and emotions were unable to mature.”
― Jay Stringer, Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing