"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is."

This is not a political statement, or a bash session. Or at least, I'm not bashing who you might think.

In September of 1998, Bill Clinton made that famous statement: "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." {I remember this whole era well because it was my senior year of high school, I was highly attuned to the poltical and government world being an Extemporaneous Domestic Affairs Speaker (nerd speak for the fact that I competed in public speaking competitions and talked about government and social issues in America) and later that Fall I was sitting in the House of Representatives gallery as below me history was made when they voted to impeach the President, something that had only happened once before.}

But back to my point.

This is not a presidential inquiry. There is no parsing of words here.

There are things in my life that just plain "is."

And they are wrong.
And they shouldn't exist.

Because we often pray, "Father, search me, know me, reveal any sins that I need to take care of," just to cover up the fact that we really do know about the sins we are avoiding taking care of. Those that are blatant in our own hearts.

Our church is entering a time where the Holy Spirit is moving on a grand scale, working, and not just corporately, but individually. So as we come in humility and repentance, asking God to let us be a part of all that He has for us... let's not purger ourselves by denying what is obvious, even if it's only obvious to God & the deepest, most honest recesses of our own hearts.

"So throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage. In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life." - James 1:21 (as paraphrased by Eugene Peterson in The Message)