Thursday, September 26, 2013

Pure

Websters 1828 Dictionary:

 1. Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; clear; free from mixture; as pure water; pure clay; pure sand; pure air; pure silver of gold. Pure wine is very scare.
2. Free from moral defilement; without spot; not sullied or tarnished; in corrupt; undebased by moral turpitude; holy.

Scriptures:

Alma 32: 42 And because of your diligence and your faith and your patience with the word in nourishing it, that it may take root in you, behold, by and by ye shall pluck the fruit thereof, which is most precious, which is sweet above all that is sweet, and which is white above all that is white, yea, and pure above all that is pure; and ye shall feast upon this fruit even until ye are filled, that ye hunger not, neither shall ye thirst.

Psalms 119:140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
D&C 122:2
While the pure in heart, and the wise, and the noble, and the virtuous, shall seek counsel, and authority, and blessings constantly from under thy hand.

 Quotes:

We are shaped by our thoughts, we become what we think. When the mind is pure, Joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
-Buddha

 May God bless our genuine efforts to be pure of heart and mind, that “virtue [may] garnish [our] thoughts unceasingly”
- L. Whitney Clayton of the 70

Words:

 Genuine; real; true; incorrupt; unmixed; Clean; Sanctification

My Thoughts:

Pure. True. White. Temple. Pure in heart. No unclean thing will enter into the kingdom of God. "A pure heart in a pure mind are always in wisspering distance of Heaven"

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