Its seems the theme for my life right this very second is learning not to compromise…to seek holiness.  Everywhere I go, the sermons or the the talk of my friends turn to compromise.  I get it God…you want me to strive for holiness.  You want me to not settle for second best.  You want me to not compromise.  I was always taught that there was grace…grace to cover a multitude of sins.  Where that is true, there also comes a point in my life where I have to learn to call the smallest compromise what it is….sin!  Ouch…those small compromises are where I have found comfort.  Listening to the gossip of the day, watching a movie that is not quite good for my eyes, meditating on thoughts that are DEFINITELY deadly to my spiritual walk, and being loose with my lips are just a few of the smaller compromises that I encounter on a daily basis. 

When God started revealing to me that He wanted me to STRIVE to be pure, I never knew it was going to be this hard.  I thought I could keep from doing the big things…you know what I’m talking about.  He has lit a fire under me to purify me…to burn away all of the impurities..the dross.  I’m in process…and will always be in process!