In the Robbie Williams song, the persona prays “Lord, make me pure - but not yet”. It’s such a powerful refrain for a pop song, because it’s so relatable. So many of us have wished to be better people, but we don’t always want to give up those things we know might be bad for us.
We might spend many years in the pursuit of our own vices, even though we suspect on some level that these things are incomplete, and therefore can never bring us to fulfillment. We can stay there as long as we wish. Everything is permitted, but not everything is beneficial.
One day we might wake up and place our hands in prayer. For that moment, we hold nothing back. We ask, “please make me pure”, and there is no “but”.
What will become of us, letting go of that baggage we held onto for so long? What might we realize? What might we already be?
For the transcript: Pray for Purity A Beautiful Thought
