Reflection: Purity is a habit. And a habit comes about by repeating an action. Today’s verse challenges us to embrace a behaviour that will grow purity. It is the habit of deliberately choosing to think about things that are true, pure, right, and lovely.
It is no accident that those responsible for mass killings in America invariably have a library of films featuring violence and murder.
The French 20th century philosopher, Paul-Michel Foucault, is currently being lionised in many of our university’s philosophy departments. Foucault’s philosophy formed the basis for postmodernism and the trashing of all forms of truth. It brought him no joy, however, as Foucault’s mental landscape was characterised by the macabre. He often contemplated suicide.
You will become what you soak your heart in; so, soak it in the beautiful truths of God.
Prayer:Â Heavenly Father, terrible mental images assault me from without and within. Teach me to school my mind so that it thinks on things creative, beautiful, and positive.