Fighting For Purity

Ello Everybody! The Lord is so good and his provision in our lives is AMAZING so I want to take a moment just to praise Him for all that He is and acknowledge the promptings and blessings He is placing in front of us each day according to our portions and measures!!!!

I have recently had on my heart, a calling from the Lord to gear my studies and academic endeavors towards classes that would prepare me to start my own non-profit organization. Tonight, God kind of whacked me upside the head and told me that my cause to fight for should be PURITY. Boom, the big 'P' word. Yep, thats right, I said purity. But here is the thing... Purity is not only a sexually derived word. Rather, I see purity being to will only one thing. The one thing willed in this case would be a Christ like view towards others in this ever so perverse world. This idea of purity has always been something that has stirred up thoughts in my head and emotions in my heart. The TV and movies we watch, and the material that we choose to read or view in magazines or books is a subtle yet powerful foothold into our minds. I am not saying that I want a 'see no evil/ hear no evil' type of goal/ vision, but I do want to see people shift in their awareness of what is corrupt and what is pure and then use that awareness to create interpersonal changes in action and thought.

First off, I am no pro at avoiding lustful thoughts or subconscious messages, so my intent is not to say that there is only a certain category that struggles with this (I may even dare to say that Christian men and women are those that struggle the most with this idea because of their awareness to it). We are ALL exposed to it most of the day, every day so everybody could jump on board with this.

What inspired me to write this was that when I saw something that one of my girlfriends posted on Facebook about how HOT some guys in a photo were tonight... big deal, right? Actually YES. A large aspect of this movement I want to start is not about preaching to the male choir about what derogatory terms they should't be saying to the ladies, but instead that females too often have a double standard when it comes to their relationships with men in this world. Why is it that many girls get offended when a guy describes a random girl as hot or sexy or fine or whatever other terms are used? Because that is not the value that they want to be seen as... There is no difference for men. When you think about it, I'll bet you'll start to realize just how accepted is is for women to view guys the way that they are not allowed to view us back. Why should the value of a man be found in how many ladies are rating them on a scale from 1- six pack?? I want my future husband to be a man of God that sees me as a daughter of Christ and in return, I want to tell him that his heart for the Lord is my favorite thing about him.

So here I am... a part of the minority in this world that desires for Christ to usher in an army that is fighting the enemy of lust and perversion. For it is not the people but the afflictions within them that are evil. I want to deliver a message of freedom from striving for the perfect image. I want to begin to shift how people of the opposite sex talk about, act towards and describe one another.

I would appreciate prayer for opportunities to kick this organization into gear, as I am constantly praying for protection over all of your thoughts and minds in this spiritual battle that we awake and sleep in each day and night.

A thought....

Adam and Eve didn't know that they were naked until sin entered the world...

In Him,

C