Holy

Eugene Peterson in The Jesus Way says, "The unique thing about the holy is that it cannot be known or understood apart from entering it... It is not a subject we learn from a book or lecture.  We enter in.  Some things don't change and there are no shortcuts."  It begins with a sense of unworthiness but progresses to the reality of purification.  It is time invested with God.  Holy.  Isaiah.  John on Patmos.  Holy.  Solitude?  Yes.  Isolation?  No.  "Here am I Lord, send me."  Prior to going out, we might do well to journey within.  He is there.  Holy.  And time with Him will change us for the better forever.  "Be still and know..."