Find Out What It Means To Me

I have made the choice to live a pure life. In mind, body and spirit. Yes, I've fallen a lot in this journey, but I keep going. I keep trying to live my life completely for Christ.

I've told a lot of people this. Most people I know know this about me. But usually when it comes up in conversations I get eye rolls, or "you're crazy", or "man are you missing out." I've been called innocent, naive and a prude. I know of people who support me in the decisions I have made, but there are many more against me.

A few weeks ago at school we did an activity called "Fill Up My Bucket." We all had a "bucket" and we passed it around and our classmates would write something positive on it about whoever the bucket belonged to. They're supposed to be little lines that might boost someone's spirit. On my bucket, right in the middle, were the words "I respect you."

You see, a few days before I stood in front of my class and discussed the convictions they knew I had but still knew very little about. And here I was with a bucket full of "You're such a great role model" and "you're so strong." They were all great, but the "I respect you" really got to me.

No one has every told me that before. In all my years of being called crazy, etc. no one has ever told me that they respect me. It hit me hard. Especially since my class is quite the eclectic group. Hearing this from one of them was surprising and wonderful.

In our world of incredibly low standards and following the crowd, I will stand. I will stand up for what I believe in. I will stand up for who I am. I will not be tempted. I will live for the One who saved my life. The One who made it possible for me to be alive today. The only One life is worth living for.

Will you?

P.S. Watch this video I stumbled upon just tonight (thanks L-Dawg). Just think about it. "If sex is just for fun, why does it take such a toll? Maybe it's cause you don't just have sex with a body, you have sex with a soul."

Song of the Moment: More Beautiful You by Jonny Diaz ("There could never be a more beautiful you." And don't you ever forget it.)

Don't let others look down on you because you are young but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
1 Timothy 4:12