Purification

Purity is not difficult to find. It coexists with nature and humanity. What is difficult to find, however, is the desire for purity. Purity has its own attraction, just as anything right does. But impure things allure in powerfully deceptive ways. To desire what is pure, to desire to be pure, is not as eye-catching as impurities seem. Purity possesses a silent appeal that goes unnoticed beneath loud impure distractions ... until one makes himself aware of it. And once he does, purity is unavoidably addictive. He wants to taste what is right, hear what is good, feel what is holy, see what is sanctified, and smell what is heavenly. Anything else sickens him and requires a never-ending process of illumination, to pull purity out of obscurity.


Dear Jesus, give me an appetite for pure things and thoughts. May the good shine brightly.

"... just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God's word. He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault." -Ephesians 5:25-27 (NLT)