“Blessed are the pure in heart” (Matt 5:8).
‘Blessed’ also means ‘happy’. True happiness is holiness. All other happinesses are imaginary and fleeting.
If you go to a sandy beach in a tropical country you will enjoy lying on the sand; it may appear a pleasure. But after you come away from the beach, have a bath and wear fresh clean clothes, if you lie on a soft bed and find a pinch of sand there on the bed, it will irritate you so much that you cannot rest till you have got rid of it. One may ask you, “Earlier you were lying on sand itself, and you enjoyed it. Now there is only a pinch of sand on your bed. Why can’t you enjoy it?” Your answer will be, “Well, now I am washed and clean and wearing clean clothes. Even a few grains of sand really irritate me on this soft bed.”
In the same way, to a sinner, enjoying the pleasures of this world is like lying on a sandy beach. But to a person who is washed in the blood of Jesus and who has put on the character of Christ, even the little sins and pleasures of the past life appear irritable and undesirable.
Dear child of God, love purity of life. Shun every trace of evil, yea, every appearance of evil. Then surely you will be a happy man.
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
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