LIVING UNMARRIED CHASTITY: THE HARD PURE WAY
Chastity from Latin castus
meaning clean, pure, mild
I did not know before that chastity also pertains to the
purity of thinking against impure thoughts aside from sexual ones or thoughts
that will effect sexual excitement. What I knew before was chastity is purity
of mind and body against sexual excitements which are sinful. Now, thank God, I
know that chastity also is purity of thinking against negative or bad thoughts
and purity of speech.
But because I am in my way of living a life of unmarried
chastity, I think unmarried chastity must be understood first.
Unmarried chastity is a calling from God not to dream nor
desire married life in order for a person to become in full service for God
alone, living in love of God and of neighbor, especially serving and loving all
people for the service and love a person gives for God. Unmarried chastity is a
challenge of God to anyone who will devote themselves fully for the sake of the
kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:11-12) and a “special” grace directly came from
God in order for a person to see all people with love and mercy which is the
love and mercy God has towards all people, making this person a shepherd for
all the sheep, whom God loves (Matthew 9:35-38). Practically speaking,
unmarried chastity is as if a person is an angel, and because he is like an
angel, he must forever live as if he has no sexual organs and has no material
body. Unmarried chastity is living an angel-like life. We who lives this life
do not burden ourselves with the problems of the world but we are the solution –
givers, flying like an angel to attend to all people especially in their needs
that must be attended by us – and that is our burden – to become like angels in
love and in life serving people whom God loves.
That is really hard. See this. A husband loves his wife and
vice versa. While we who lives an unmarried chastity life will become “husband”
to all people which we will treat as our “wife!” And we are not sure if our “wife”
will love us back! But we do not worry for God’s love will be our “wife” and,
God’s love will turn these people to love us “husband” as God wills, and as we
pray. It is also hard for our sexual organs are just for urinating and
poop-ing. And an exception for women, no baby can gain even a drop of milk out
of women’s breasts (because they are virgins). See? To live a life of unmarried
chastity is really hard. But this pureness of life that we live is worth it.
As for me, unmarried chastity is really hard but liveable. I
do not have “crushes”. The battle is in the imagination. I cannot imagine
myself having sweet contacts with women in my mind for it will damage my
unmarried purity. I cannot imagine being in company of women either. If these
imaginations enter my mind, I eliminate them out and I fight by imagining
heavenly matters. Now I believe unmarried chastity will always be attainable.
The love of God is what gives us the balance to live as we
will not have husband or wife to love. The love of God is our husband or wife.
And for those who have a husband or a wife now, live a
married chaste life.
For those who live an impure life, there is always a life of
purity for you to live.
Live a chaste life my friends!
Mary H. Distributist
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