"Once I was talking to a man who had just about given up hope that there was anything God could do about his life. The logevity of his struggles and the depth of his sin and deception were that overwhelming. At one time, in the midst of our weekly time together, I spoke with him about this idea of running to the throne of grace in the midst of temptation or running to the crossduring his time of deepest need--even in the midst of his sinful activity or after a failure. His response was pretty frank. He said, 'Running to the cross--now that's a novel idea. I don't know much about that. I only know how to slink back to the cross...slink back to God after I've put enough space between me and my last acting-out thing and gathered the courage to deal with God again. I've been slinking back for as long as I can remember.' Man, was he honest! This is where so many men live. In fact, I'd be surprised if you were reading this and couldn't truthfully say, 'Yeah. That's me.'"
~John Freeman, Hide or Seek pg 86.