Archive for October, 2007

The Physical Informs the Spiritual

It’s been 13 years since I experienced three significant physical ailments. I was a teenager, having moved out of my parents’ house and into my first apartment. I lived in rebellion against authority. The first three months away from my home, I contracted mono, chipped a bone in my ankle, and experienced intense pain in both knees when jumping.

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Blessed Are the Pure in Heart

Blessed are the pure in heart,

fore they shall see God.

I cannot tell you how much this passage has meant to me. It is  a state of existence I have longed for and felt impossible to reach. How I long for a pure heart! I’m sick of being filthy. I’m weary of feeling shame over and over again. I want a pure heart, a clean conscience, and peace in my heart.

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