It's been a very long time since I've posted something to this blog, and an even longer time since I wrote something specifically for it, but it's a night of endings in my Christian walk, so maybe it can be one of new beginnings also. Yeah, not likely.

Either way, there are so many thoughts buzzing around my head that I would feel like I had wasted something if I went to sleep without writing about something. Like purity.

I'm pretty sure that purity of body begins with purity of mind (a concept which, for me, started with an amazing Passion talk by Beth Moore), but what I'm beginning to understand is how vital it is. To me, purity of any kind has been simply a word thrown around that was never defined, meant little, and honestly, didn't have a whole lot to do with my life. I tried to be good, and kind, and (usually) honest, and a whole host of other things, but I never particularly thought about purity, one way or the other.

Anyways, I still don't have a definition for purity, and I do not feel up to the task of making one. But I do have some idea of what it isn't and I know some of the ramifications it has on my life.

I know now that purity won't usually be found on television, because purity doesn't sell. In fact, I find it very hard to find any t.v. show that is pure because t.v. (excepting reality t.v. and soaps) usually portrays real life and...
Real life isn't pure. Our friends (Christian and not) say impure things all the time. It can be because we are human and make mistakes, because we care more about our image than about God, even because we don't care about God at all, and we certainly don't value purity. In fact, thinking about it, nothing is pure except God. So... where does that leave us?

I have no idea. Because I like my friends and my family (who are also impure) and my t.v. shows and I even like being the person who cracks the funny joke that is just a little too off-color. But when I'm thinking clearly, (which I admit I often am not) I know how much more important God is. And the worst thing about impurity is that it clouds our minds and keeps us from looking rightly at God. And God (you might have guessed) is the most important thing in the world. More important than everything else on the list, because family and friends and happiness turn to acid if they aren't backed by God.

So, I don't think I have it in me to denounce everything impure tomorrow. (Make that I know I don't have it.) But one of the great things about God is that if you knock, the door will be opened. So I will be knocking on the door of purity tonight and tomorrow and (hopefully) the day after. And maybe I'll even remember to write in this blog again this year. Who knows?