Purity is difficult to recognize in a world where motives are mixed.
People can help because they care and because they want to be appreciated. I can apologize sincerely while still hoping the apology will end my discomfort.
If purity requires flawless motives, I will rarely find it.
Holy vision looks beneath the confusion without pretending the confusion is absent.
I once received help from someone whose offer came with more advice than I wanted. Part of me dismissed the entire gesture because it was not given in the exact form I preferred.
Later, I could see the care inside the clumsy delivery.
Recognizing that care did not require accepting every piece of advice. It allowed me to receive what was loving without making the imperfect form contaminate it.
I need this vision for myself too.
My attempts at love may be awkward, defensive, or mixed with fear. I can correct what needs correction without deciding that no sincere desire existed underneath.
Today I want to notice what I have rejected because it was not perfectly expressed.
Holy vision is not naïve. It can identify manipulation, decline help, and protect a boundary.
It simply refuses to let distortion become the only thing worth seeing.
Purity belongs to what God created beneath every fearful attempt to add something else.
A PRIVATE REFLECTION
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A QUIETER WAY TO PRACTICE
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