A certain part of the world is all a twitter about actress Helen Mirren wearing a red bikini. An attractive famous sixty three year old woman in a bikini can be interesting, I clicked on the daily news site to behold this wonder. Yes, there she was, she looked pretty good, then I saw other pictures of her in a Magazine, I went there, then I noticed some video ofher sans bikini, then it morphed into an outright porn site, I caught myself and stopped. I marveled at how fast I was at a porn site, it was scary. I am sixty-two and I must confess have seen a lot of naked women, but something physical, mental, and emotional was powerfully at work in me to keep me interested. It doesn’t have to make sense, I am a highly educated thoughtful mature Christian. I understand how habit and the practice of spiritual disciplines have contributed to my character. I stay away from what can put me in danger, I teach it, and most of the time I practice it. I am also part animal, the idea that being spiritually formed will eliminate primal lusts is naïve. In a article on spiritual formation it needs to be said, no matter how far you get, disaster is always just a poor decision away. Can a person with highly formed Christ likness within suddenly fail in a disastrous way?  Yes, it can and does happen.But I would claim that it would be an event rather than a pattern. The fruit of longevity in spiritual exercise leading to the dominance of Christian character makes such disaster less likely. It also means in most cases a quicker recovery and restart on the right path.