Weekend Kindness
Reaching Others Through Kindness

One of the most difficult things to do in this present, sex-driven culture is to remain pure in our thoughts and those things that we see.  This is even harder when you’re on the Internet– though it’s much different than it was just a few years ago.

The problem is a mixture of curiosity and the differing views society has on the matter.

Curiosity

Curiosity killed the cat, so they say. Curiosity is one of the reasons that we’re now in a sinful state. Satan said to Eve, “You won’t surely die,” but catch the next phrase: “and when she saw that it was good for food…” Sure, Satan talked Eve into doubting God, but Eve also had to become curious once she saw that she could eat it.

Near my house are two adult book/video stores. Every time we get fast food (which is more often than it probably should be!) we have to drive by them. We’ve watched as they’ve built fences around their parking lots (which have fallen down), commented on how many or few cars are there, etc., but there has been times that we were curious as to what’s inside. It’s not that we’d ever go there, but curiosity can take you places that you shouldn’t go under the guise that “I just want to see what’s there.

Society

Society doesn’t perceive purity as a high standard any more. And who can blame them? Sex sells all sorts of products from shampoo to Life Insurance. Women are told to base their value on how they appear. Men are told that they are supposed to take advantage of women, and now there are sites that will help you cheat on your spouse.

When you combine this attitude with Curiosity and mix it with the Internet, you can have a recipe for trouble if you are not careful. The reason is that you can never un-see something. That which you allow in, even in your curiosity, will be with you and it will effect you.

And worst of all, this impact to your purity will effect your relationships with others, especially your spouse.

So, guys and girls, it’s important to maintain a pure spirit– to rejoice in the husband/wife of your youth, to find in him/her the pleasure and prize that is uniquely yours, and to make sure that you take good care of that relationship.

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