Driving along this morning, I’m musing ... mmmm ... I think I’ve decided how to recognize a genuinely ‘holy’ person. My definition? People who treat others as though they are really special. My first thought, on encountering them, is ‘I feel so special to them’ and this makes me feel great inside; then, I realise that actually everyone else they come into contact with has just the same feeling.
It’s holiness; it’s Christ likeness. Why? Because that is how I reckon Jesus made people feel. Every individual was so important to Him, so loved, every one made in the image of God.
In fact, I reckon, if you could just step into heaven right now, you’d probably feel God made it all for you, you’re so special, but then you’d look round and realise He made it for lots of others too – all equally special.
I want that sort of holiness, the sort that is not aloof, retiring, distant but that makes people feel when they meet me, ‘well, I just gotta to be someone special.’
That sort of quality of love, of holiness, is rare and I think this is the way to get it: go for an exchange – my paucity for His riches! And then practise it, practise it - until it becomes me! Hey, I'm in God's school so I'm going to learn.
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