Sometimes, I really feel like an idiot.
Today was the first day of a new semester and I managed to spill a cup of coffee all over the front of my shirt. Of course, it was also a busy day and was forced to go to all of my classes with coffee down my entire front.
To make matters worse…I also had an allergic reaction to my own knitting project…resulting in red, puffy eyes.
My shower turned cold in the middle, and I was forced to switch showers when my hair was full of conditioner (also in my eyes.)
It was a running late, running around…crazy kind of day.
Not that it was a completely abnormal day for me (pretty normal actually), but days like this always make me wonder “God, what in the world do you want from me…because I don’t think that I’ve got it”
It is also on days like this that I read verses saying…
“You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.” (Leviticus 20:26)
And I am reminded of the fact that God didn’t call me to perfection….he called me to be Holy and to be His.
Over the past few days I have gone over hundreds of commands and regulations in the book of Leviticus. All of these commands have had a common theme and idea….
Be HOLY because you belong to a holy God
Through all of those details God was simply trying to communicate to the Israelites that they needed to be holy. To be holy means to be set apart…for the isrealites this meant making every part of their lives look different from their neighbors. Everything from how they pooped to how they worshiped was to be special.
For the modern believer…the command to be holy shouldn’t look all that different. We must be intentional in every action, always remembering that we were set apart by God. He called us to be His. We need to live like it.
Fortunately…no part of the bible says that you can’t spill coffee all over yourself.
The Leviticus never says that God is less proud of you when you feel ridiculous.
So here I am…I am a HOLY mess. I am set apart by God, despite my inadequacies and stained t-shirt.
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