I am a hopeless romantic. I love hearing love stories, from the corny stuff to the original stuff. I could listen to these kinds of stories all day...well except my own just because I turn in to a school girl when my husbands shares our story and I hate giggling like that in public.
You can blame Disney movies for corrupting my mind first that fairy tales were true. Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and my all time favorite, Sleeping Beauty. Yes I loved Prince Philip. Even with his stereotypical white horse and riding in to slay the dragon. That was my prince charming and I hoped for him every day.
As I have gotten older, I still believe in fairy tales, just not completely how Disney showed them. Plus, instead of movies, I turned to books. Classics such as Pride and Prejudice (oh Mr. Darcy, so misunderstood, but I loved him as soon as he came on the scene) to the new addiction Twilight (yes I am a Twihard. My husband likes to make fun of me for this.) I love seeing true loves, conquering love, everlasting love.
Yet with all these movies and books that deal with finding your true love...we seem to live in a world that has convinced many that true love does not exist out there. That we live in a fast and furious world, so we should just find and do what makes us happy, what brings us pleasure, what brings us fulfillment.
So many have forgotten the importance of something I have always held dear to my heart and have had a desire to teach others about: Purity.
When I speak of purity, the first thing that does come to people's minds is in the physical nature. And yes, this is true and that main area I have a desire for teaching and the importance of waiting. But purity is not only body...purity is mind, body and soul. When we forget these three do go together, or allow one area to become focus on things of an impure nature, we begin to fall into the hands of the enemy and forget the beauty and the pleasure of living a life that is pure and pleasing to God.
Am I the most eloquent writer: no. Am I the most eloquent speaker: no. Those are my husbands fortes. Am I the best expert of this subject: no. I could only wish the be an amazing teacher like Beth Moore or Louie Giglio. What I have to offer those of you who read this is a desire of my heart to reach the teenagers of this world to turn from the ways of the world and focus on what God has called us to be.
Most of my post will deal with purity in a physical sense; this is something that has gotten so insane and has begun to become a come act in people younger and younger, every year. And my prayer is that at least one person will hear what I feel God leads me to say to you, and understands the importance and the joy of True Love Waits.
Also, my post will deal with purity of mind and soul. If we cannot keep our minds and hearts pure, we will more easily fall into physical acts that may have a temporary sense of feeling fulfilled, but soon becomes an acts that leaves us empty.
My prayer is that these our God's words that are in my post, not my own. And I pray that in these post God speaks to you. I will try my best to post once a week, given in what I feel God leads me to write. But I hope you understand that I am a wife and a mother and my first calling is to them. I will try my best to keep my updates regular.
So, maybe not a simple hello. :-)
~Courtney~
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