All things are pure. To the pure, at least, they are. And my schoolboy days are a good example of what I’m talking about. I’m sure I’m not the only one who was this way. But mine is the only story I know about. So it’s the one I can talk about.
I didn’t go around thinking all things are pure to the pure.
I was just naïve. And I didn’t know what I didn’t know, when I got into public school (a.k.a.: government indoctrination camps) For example, I was unaware so many kids walked around with a potty mouth. But it became blatantly obvious by the time I was in junior high.
And I didn’t realize, up until about the age of 12, how much kids talked about sexual things. It wasn’t like I didn’t know that stuff existed. I just didn’t know everybody was gonna be talking about it. And that included boys talking to girls and girls talking to boys. It wasn’t just conversation among the guys.
These days the situation is WAY worse. I I bet if you even said “all things are pure to the pure” in just about any typical American social environment, eyes would roll, and listeners would just about unanimously tell you how silly you are to say such a thing.
But guess what? It’s a Biblical thing to say.
In fact, the apostle Paul (you might recall him as the apostle to the Gentiles) wrote a letter to a man named Titus, and said that very thing. “To the pure all things are pure…”
But he didn’t stop there. He also described the opposite of pure people:
“…but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.” And to defile something, according to the dictionary, means to sully, mar, or spoil it. Yeah, just plain make it dirty.
I wish I didn’t have to happen to anybody. But especially not young kids. Because when you consider how pure they are when they’re born, and how adorable they are because of it, it’s a cryin’ shame that ever has to end.
Sure, I realize it’s an exercise in futility to wish for purity in this world. And that’s probably why, all those years ago, I wrote about my yearning for…
The Pure Place
I clamor for the clean life, and I never quite succeed.
I’m hunting for the high ground that’s higher than the sky.
And I’m looking for the love-life…the kind that we all need.
I’m wishing for the wonder that lives in my mind’s eye.
I want to find the Pure Place…that glitters like gold.
I need to find the Pure Place…never hot or cold.
I’d love to find the Pure Place…
Let the Light shine on my face…
No dreams I’d ever have to chase…
No bad that we could not erase…
I’d love to find…the Pure Place!
I’m searching for the sanctity that I never do quite find.
I’m longing for the living days that never, ever end.
And I’m thinking so theatrically, but at least I use my mind
To quest for the quintessence of my Forever Friend
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