Put a Purity Ring in my heart

背景介绍： http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purity_ring

Purity rings, or chastity rings originated in the United States in the 1990s among Christian affiliated sexual abstinence groups. The rings are sold to adolescents, or to parents so that the rings may be given to their adolescent children as gifts.

It is intended that wearing a purity ring is accompanied by a religious vow to practice celibacy until marriage. The ring is usually worn on the left ring finger with the implication that the wearer will remain abstinent until it is replaced with a wedding ring. Although the ring is worn on the hand, where others can see, its main purpose is to serve as a constant reminder to the wearer of their commitment between themselves and God to remain pure until marriage. There is no particular style for purity rings; however, many worn by Christians have a cross in their design in reference to Jesus Christ. Some rings contain a diamond chip or other gemstone and/or "True Love Waits", "One Life, One Love", or another similar saying embossed somewhere on the ring.

A chastity ring

一则相关新闻：

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article238662.ece

School bans girl's 'virgin' ring

A GIRL of 16 banned from wearing a chastity ring to school launched a High Court bid yesterday to keep it on.

Teachers ordered Lydia Playfoot to take off the silver Christian band, which is a sign of her vow to not have sex before marriage.

Her all-girls school says the ring ? engraved with a Biblical verse saying “Keep clear of sexual sin” ? is jewellery and breaks uniform rules.

But Lydia claims it is discrimination. She argues that Muslim and Sikh girls can wear headscarves and religious bangles, while other pupils have worn nose rings and tongue studs.

某种程度上，我反对形式大于内容的东西。上帝看重内心，信心和行为要一致。自然不会因为每天朝圣城叩拜n次，起身又去辱骂行淫，有特别的恩典，好像各打50大板，做买卖一样销帐。并且单在心里犯罪，并不比肉体上犯罪更有借口逃脱最终的审判。

归根到底，爱是什么？难道只是一种感觉，从一个戒指换到另一个戒指这么简单？

每每查验爱的篇章：

爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈；爱是不嫉妒，爱是不自夸，不张狂，不做害羞的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易发怒，不计算人的恶，不喜欢不义，只喜欢真理；凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。爱是永不止息。1Co: 4-8

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

都一如那一晚在ITB128，Jo翻到给我时的讶异——原来神是以这样的爱来爱我，原来我是如此活不出这样的爱。

把上面的“爱”换作“神”或者“耶稣”，名副其实，然而，把自己的名字换上去，又是如此的不配。

神的标准向来很高。但“不知道也不去做”，“知道了也不去做”，“知道了努力在做”，您觉得哪个是神所喜悦的呢？