The Gift of Purity

After a long and exciting day at The Fest, I remembered that I still needed to come back and contribute to the blog this week. As tired as I am, I pushed past my exhaustion because I really wanted to share my heart on a topic that I believe is important as we approach the new school year.

Some of your children may be entering this world while others may not...The World of Hormones. For those of  us that are, you will see that we are quickly confronted with the reality that Society no longer values Purity as much as we do. As one of my children entered middle school, I felt it necessary to share with them the value of Purity and I am very grateful of how God gave me the wisdom to do so.

My conversation went a little like this:

Now that you have come to this point in your life, I want to talk to you about your special gift. But first let me ask you a question. What if I had a gift for you that I was having shipped from China. The gift had "Fragile" written across the top but as the shippers began to transport the gift from China they didn't see the word "Fragile" on the box at all. So as they shipped it from one station to the next they tossed it around, threw it on top of other boxes and sat heavy boxes on it. Finally when it made it to you, the special gift inside was shattered and broken. How would you feel?

Of course the response was "Upset". Only natural seeing as how the gift isn't in its original state.

After hearing the answer, I began to explain the gift of "Purity".

I shared that Purity is sacred, special and God has created a person just for you to share it with once you get married.  If you willingly allow others to use the gift, they wont see the "Fragile" sign on the gift because it wasn't intended for them. So by the time you meet the person that the gift was intended for, you leave that person having to fix all the broken and shattered pieces that came about by sharing it with the wrong person. Not very fair.

As I spoke, I saw a light bulb go on which was exactly what I needed to see!

Women of God, it may be your daughters, sons, nieces or nephews that you desire to share this with, the gift of purity isn't gender specific. Television and Social Media have a sneaky way of making it seem like giving the gift of purity away is no big deal. We should not avoid this topic but rather use wisdom on how to approach it. We must also pray that our words will fall on good ground and our children will receive them and hold them as true. Sharing with our children the gift of PURITY opens the door for them to experience so many other gifts and that's exciting. Embrace the conversation with prayer, wisdom and love and you cant go wrong.

Have a Blessed Week