So I have spent the morning at NEXT Coffee in Glendale, AZ. I have been thinking through a series we have

describes my mood more than love for coffee

coming up hitting on the topic of Purity. What a doozie! My friend Jesse said that in today’s youth culture the blow job has become the hand shake, in saying that purity MUST be addressed.  It must be addressed in a way that will not suffocate our students either.

So many times while I was in junior high AND high school my youth pastor told us not even to DATE! I would be laughed off the stage if I said that to 1000 of our students in a few weeks. That’s not saying I will hold back the truth though.

Anytime I remember Purity being discussed it was done as if we were all perfect, virgins, were blind, didn’t watch TV. When it should have been done in a way that offered grace, redemption, understanding and allowed us to live joyfully not in fear that we are going to hell for seeing a Victoria Secret on TV.

Purity is so much more than just doing the right or wrong things. Purity is more than not looking at porn or not giving blow jobs. Purity is the mind, the body and the heart. Most importantly the heart. We cannot forget that with this tangible, immortal vessel we live in an eternal soul is attached. Not completely sure the meaning of that yet…still working on it.

Life is messy

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