Ping pong balls? MoL’s lips are sealed.
Psalm 119:9 {Magnificent Purity}
February 10, 2012; 20 Comments
This morning (like before breakfast!) I put a bowl in front of the kids. I told them it was them – their heart and their mind. We began to talk about what “purity” is – about being clean of body and mind – without any yucky stuff inside. Then we thought up impure thoughts and actions – saying mean things, listening to someone say a bad joke about someone else, watching something on TV that’s bad, etc. We drew sad and mean faces on some ping pong balls as we talked about them. We dropped each ping pong ball into the bowl. Soon our bowl was full! I asked the kids how we could get these bad things out of our hearts and minds. They wanted to just scoop them out with their hands. I told them this is why impure thoughts and ideas are so bad – you can’t just get rid of them! They will not leave on their own! So, how do we get this impurity out? Psalm 119:9 tells us, “How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.” (NIV) It’s God’s Word that makes our minds clean and pure.