Pure in heart

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. When I was a boy a spent the night with a friend and his dad had a stack of Playboy and Hustler magazines. I don’t think this father understood the harm that comes from pornography. If you have anything like that in your home throw it away. Pray David’s prayer “Create in me a clean heart O God”. This beatitude, however, is focused on something different. To be pure in heart means to be single-minded. It means that you don’t have ulterior motives. Your devotion to God is real and authentic – not hypocritical. It means you’re genuine. Let it be said of you “There is not a phony bone in his body. He’s not fake. He’s real. He’s a genuine, bona-fide disciple of Jesus.” The pure in heart will see God.