pure from heart..................................

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." (Matthew 5:8) Watching the debate over morality and public policy in our nation is fascinating. Most of us who live in this country like to think of ourselves as moral individuals. None of us likes to think of ourselves as corrupt, depraved, or evil. But I am not sure that we really understand what true morality is and where it comes from. Take the current controversy over the office of Surgeon General of the United States. It was interesting and informative to watch the current candidate being grilled on Nightline. As you recall, the last Surgeon General was dismissed by the President ostensibly because of a certain comment she made in public. Actually, I believe it was the cumulative effect of all of her statements combined. The point is that she was considered by many, if not most, as being so permissive that she, in fact, promoted a permissive lifestyle. Knowing this, Ted Kopel, the host of Nightline, pressed in on the new nominee. He asked him if his approach to teenage pregnancy would be substantially different than the last Surgeon General. Some people had implied that it would not be very different. Realizing the importance of this issue, he replied that his approach would be radically different. He stated unequivocally that he promoted abstinence as the way to prevent teenage pregnancy. The debate over morality in our culture has rightly underscored the importance of behavior, as evidenced by the Nightline program. To be moral, one must act in a moral manner. This is clear. But, morality, it seems to me, is more than simply behavior and this is something that may be missed by our culture if we are not careful. While we may be able to impact the behavior of individuals in our society by certain restrictions of law, we will never be able to change the essence of a person's morality in that way. Limiting what a person can do outwardly does not change who that person is inwardly. Behavior flows from the inward nature of an individual. You might say that is it a matter of the heart. So, when Jesus said, "Blessed are the pure in heart . . ." He was emphasizing that what we all really need is to be right on the inside.I know many people pure at heart but i will like to mention :only my parents.