Living in a dirty world

So tonight, Dave Row taught and one part of his message really stood out to me. He talked of how Jesus washed His disciples feet and that can have more meaning to it than what meets the eye. The foot is what gets dirtiest because it is the one that touches the "world" the most. I couldn't help but think of how dirty we figuratively get when we're walking in this world we live in. Well...tonight, I went to go and watch a movie and it was honestly one of the most vile movies I've ever seen, I seriously felt dirty after just watching a mere 15 minutes of it and soon felt the need to just leave as I had the words of James 1:27 going through my head, "Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, [and] to keep oneself unspotted from the world." It's one of those things where you could almost tangibly feel the battle being fought. I could hear people all around me laughing at the crude scenes and I realized just how we are called not to "conform to this world, but transform it by the renewing of our minds". And it may not be easy and the friends I went with might very well end up giving me grief about it or making me feel like a "goody two shoes" but that's when we have to count the costs and remember we are held to a higher standard and answer to a higher authority. I'm not saying that movies are bad, or anything like that, but that we need to hold true to the personal convictions the Holy Spirit lays on our hearts.