Purity

Now I am going to talk about something near and dear to my heart. Of course, I don't write about anything that is not near and dear to my heart. But I named my entire blog after this topic, so now it's time to address it properly. What is purity? I know what context you are all thinking of this in... sexual purity. Ok, so lets go there first. I have already written a post about sex, so you know I am not afraid to go there.

What is sexual purity? Well, actually I want to pause this part of the topic and rewind a bit. I need to define purity, for my own peace of my mind, before I continue any further down this path. The Bible teaches (and no, I am not going to look the verses up) that to the pure in heart, all things are pure. But to those who are defiled in mind, nothing is pure. Why would it say that to the pure in heart, all things are pure? I think that's exactly what it means. It never enters the brain of a pure in heart person that something could defile their innocent minds. So hear me on this. Even when they make a sexual joke or make some innuendo, it's coming from a pure place, and they are just having fun. So laugh, cause its still good clean fun. You think I am joking? I'm not. Now, why does it say if you are defiled, nothing is pure? Again, I think that's exactly what it means. If your mind is full of filth, you can't imagine that a sexual joke could possibly be pure. So you may ascribe evil intentions to the person telling the joke or call them "dirty boy" or "dirty girl". But the person telling the joke didn't mean anything by it. If you take it the wrong way, that says more about you and your filthy mind than it does about the one telling the "inappropriate" joke.

What else could it mean to be pure? We talk about water being pure. That mean it doesn't have any impurities in it. Now that sounds redundant. But if you drop one micro-organism in a glass of water, the water is no longer pure. It is tainted. And you can't even see a micro-organism. That means you can be defiled without knowing you are. What does this mean for purity? It is very difficult to stay the pure in heart when you live in this impure world. How can it be done? I am developing a theory.

Purity of heart is a state of mind. That's my theory. So whether you are listening to someone tell a "naughty" joke, or you're watching a G rated movie, it's all the same to you. You are like a child, laughing at all of it. And who can blame you? Sex can be just as funny as Thumper saying "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all". Doesn't that just take the pressure off this whole staying pure thing? I thought you would like my train of thought here.

So now, sexual purity. What does that even mean? I am going to tread lightly here. I am not going to give you a line that you can't cross or you're a "bad" person. I am just going to say don't do what you aren't comfortable with. I can give you the Bible's standard which is basically no sex outside of a marriage covenant. I am not a preacher, so I am just going to say use your own judgement and be wise. But stay the pure in heart, if at all possible.

There are other aspects of purity. It's important to have purity of thought, purity of heart, purity of body. But they all seem to relate to sex for some reason. Please leave a comment if you disagree with me on this. You may be the one person out there who just doesn't think about sex. But I would say to you, you are probably an alien from a planet no one has ever heard of. Anyway, I will leave you with this thought. The Bible tells us to think on whatever things are pure, among other things. I think this is how we cleanse the micro-organisms out of the water of our minds and hearts, as it were. Just more thoughts from the mind of Crystal.

by: Crystal Nylander