Why Do I Need A Pure Heart?, Reason 2

2. Because a Pure Heart Keeps You from Hurting Others

Remember, your actions effect those around you, including your family and friends. If a team member on any sport team decides that they are not going to help on the team or that they simply are not going to play because they don't feel like it, what would happen? The team would not, could not, reach its full potential because they were missing a player. Not only that, they were being burdened by this useless player! Their decision, right or otherwise, effected a whole team. It is like that with your heart. If you decide to make it impure by watching things that you shouldn't or reading magazines with impure pictures, you are doing yourself a discourtesy and people around you. What do I mean by that? You will start thinking about those things the more you read/watch them. Then you might talk about them, or encourage others to read/watch them. You are leading yourself astray and others too.