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 Holiness. Not perfect. Set a part. When I hear the word Holy I think of the color white. I think of a perfect heart and a perfect mind and perfect attitudes. It sometimes fills me with shame and guilt because I know that on my own and in my own will I can NOT be holy because let's be honest I suck at being perfect no matter how hard I try.  The verse of the week stated that we are to "be holy as I am holy," and that's Jesus talking. Jesus is a kind loving savior who would never ask us to do something he knew would be impossible for us to do. He doesn't do that. He isn't rude. He isn't mean. He isn't unrealistic. He doesn't want to see us fail. He doesn't ask us to do something that He knows would be impossible for us just to watch us fall on our face and feel horrible about ourselves.  Holiness: the ness of being holy. Holy: dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose, sacred, set a part. Well that's helpful..because now I have

 Jesus is the best example of how to do any thing. We as his children are called to imitate and act and do what He would do. The only way to follow someone's example is to have a relationship with them, walk with them day to day. If you want to know how someone would act in a public, you need to be with them in public. The same is true for Jesus. Unfortunately, he is not actually in human form on the earth right now, so how do we observe him and act the way that he acted while he was on the earth? One way is to read the Bible. Obviously. If you want to know how someone lives and what they do, you can follow them on tiktok, or instagram, or snapchat. If you want to learn more about someone's life you can watch a documentary about them or read books. If you are really close with someone and you have a deep relationship with someone, it is easier to know how that person would act in any given scenario. For example, I am in love with Matt and I feel like I know him pretty well. If

 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20 Jesus desires to be near you. He desires to be next to you at all times. He is so kind and so loving that He will not force himself onto you, but will wait until you draw near to him or invite him into your space. Countless times in Scripture we see Jesus being respectful to people's social and emotional boundaries. He stands at the door at knocks. He invites you to come to him. He is running down the street to meet you when you decide to return from your way of prodigal living. Never is there a time when people can say: I searched so hard for Jesus but couldn't find him; or I spent my whole life trying to get close to God but He was no where to be found. It's the opposite actually. Most people say things like: I had spent my entire life running away from God but then I decided to give my life to him and He was right there. Jesus stands and waits for us. He invites us to

 There is another in the fire.  This week has felt almost like someone took the rug from under my feet and ripped it out, leaving me on the floor. Sometimes I feel like there is small hope for change and normalcy, and then I get stopped in my tracks. I want things to be normal, I want things to remain consistent. I desire things to NOT have corona. I desire things to not have MASKS. I desire things to not be constrained. I feel claustrophobic socially. I feel like the sanity of any person at any given time is a ticking time bomb just waiting to erupt or explode on contact because of any small thing. 2020 vision allows us to see reality as it was intended to be seen. 2020 calendar year has been a way for Jesus to reveal things inside of our own minds and our own country that are in need of correcting. Jesus watches us closer than we can even imagine. It says in Scripture that he knows when we rise and when we walk away and he sees every thought and every motivation and every action of e