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Is a pure heart merely innocence? Or is it the result of overcoming defeat?

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God —Matthew 5:8

Purity is not innocence— it is much more than that. Purity is the result of continued spiritual harmony with God. We have to grow in purity. Our life with God may be right and our inner purity unblemished, yet occasionally our outer life may become spotted and stained. God intentionally does not protect us from this possibility, because this is the way we recognize the necessity of maintaining our spiritual vision through personal purity. If the outer level of our spiritual life with God is impaired to the slightest degree, we must put everything else aside until we make it right. Remember that spiritual vision depends on our character— it is “the pure in heart ” who “see God.”

Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest

Ezekiel 36:26
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

Stop struggling let God do it!

Why go down to the pit? Fast Forgive and Live.

Job 33:24
…and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
‘Spare them from going down to the pit;
I have found a ransom for them —

Our ransom is paid by the covenant of His blood for our forgiveness. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Stay out of the pit. Fast Forgive.