Pure

Philippians 4:8--"Whatever is pure--think on these things." Psalm 51:10--"Create in me a pure heart, O Lord." Matthew 5:8--"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God." 1 Timothy 5:22--"...and do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure."

The Bible has much to say about purity of heart. When the word "heart" is used, it means the whole body--physically and emotionally. We are admonished to think about the clean, the pure, and the untouched around us. We are to consciously think on purity. "Impossible," you say? Yes. We are actually sinful people and our thoughts are bombarded with what is going on around us. It is difficult for us to do this on our own. We need to turn to God to create a desire for purity. The "pure in heart" are those who seek purity. One way to do this is to be with people who share the same thoughts as we have. That means, don't hang out with people who bask in impurity and call it pure, who are confused about morality because they're not acquainted with what God teaches or those who do know about God and refuse to live for Him. Think pure thoughts. That's pain enough.

This notebook and background scrapbook paper was given to me by my friend, Deena. We visited the other day and exchanged some art goodies with each other. The next day I started altering the notebook. I've had this great hardware for a few months but didn't know what to do with it until everything fell into place. I've created fiber art in the past so I've combined that knowledge and experience with collage and came up with this. It is a 100 page notebook and the first 25 pages have a touch of decoration on them--a springboard for journaling for someone. I decorated about 10 other pages as well. I'll put this on Etsy when it is completed, but you get to see it first.