Holy (Mar. 28)

You might have a pair of wholly jeans but that is not nearly what is meant when we begin to talk about Holy week in reference to the coming of Easter. In general I think people see holy and think of something reliegious of great importance but truly fail to realize the meaning behind the word. To be holy is simply to be set a part. Those who are religious therefore look at God and see how He is set a part from this world and the sin that is in it. There is certainly a sense of something greater in this word but it is not simply something religious of great importance. Holy is something that is that way because it is at a complete lack of sin and wrongfulness. Holy is holy because it captures the essence of perfect, something that may not exist in the physical world today. Holy is also the root for the world holiday which seems to have lost the root meaning entirely. Sure it is a day that is set a part, and one on which most school kids and government workers know that they will not have to go to school or work. But as we approach holy week or any holiday from now on, how different might it look if it was something that you took the time to set a part.