What do I know of holy?

I made You promises a thousand times
I tried to hear from Heaven
But I talked the whole time
I think I made You too small
I never feared You at all No
If You touched my face would I know You?
Looked into my eyes could I behold You?

(CHORUS)
What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
What do I know? What do I know of Holy?

I guess I thought that I had figured You out
I knew all the stories and I learned to talk about
How You were mighty to save
Those were only empty words on a page
Then I caught a glimpse of who You might be
The slightest hint of You brought me down to my knees

(CHORUS)
What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
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Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
What do I know? What do I know of Holy?

(CHORUS 2)
What do I know of Holy?
What do I know of wounds that will heal my shame?
And a God who gave life it's name?
What do I know of Holy?
Of the One who the angels praise?
All creation knows Your name
On earth and heaven above
What do I know of this love?

(CHORUS)
What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
What do I know? What do I know of Holy?

What do I know of Holy?
What do I know of Holy?

--Addison Road


This is an excellent song. And it's speaking to my heart lately.

What do I really know of holiness? Of God? of Christ's message to us in the Bible?

There will never be an answer for every question or doubt that I have, or that others ask me about. But I have faith that God gave us the gift of love. Love to conquer. Love to bind up broken hearts, heal wounds, and build up relationships that have been torn.

What you say out of your mouth reflects the contents of your heart. If your words are mean, or hurt others, what does that say about the state that your heart is in?

Proverbs 15:1 "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger."

If someone has hurt you, in ways that makes you unforgiving toward them, what does this say about your heart?


Matthew 6:14-15 "For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."


Even when Christ was teaching the disciples to pray, in the very same chapter, part of it included "forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors."


In Matthew 18, Peter asks Jesus how many times he should forgive his brother when he sins against him. He asks "as many as seven times?" But Jesus tells him of a man who owed a great debt to a king. This man couldn't pay his debt! It was huge! The king was going to have this man thrown into prison, and everything he owned and his entire family sold into slavery to pay for his debt.

That's a harsh sentence. But the king had pity on the servant, and forgave his debt completely! (What a picture of amazing grace.)


Then, this servant, who just had huge debt forgiven, goes and finds a fellow servant (someone who was his equal), and begins to choke him and demands that this servant pay him the small debt he owes. The man can't pay him. So the unforgiving servant throws him into jail.

The king hears of this and is outraged! How could a man who had such a large debt forgiven him, be so unkind to his fellow man. His equal.

The king said to the servant, "I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?"



I believe this is a perfect picture of what God does for us. He completely forgives us our debts, and gives us love. Agape love. Selfless, unconditional, kind, giving love. The God I serve looks at our hearts and our intentions and loves us anyway. Totally. Selflessly. Without measure.

It's so hard for me to grasp this kind of love. but one thing I do know, is that I have been forgiven of so much, and am still continuing to be forgiven of my daily failures. And as a representative of Christ, it is my responsibility to extend that love, that forgiveness, to others.





"But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.


Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.

And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.


If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.--Luke 6:29-35



Has someone wronged you? It is okay to feel hurt, angry, and upset with those people who should have treated you with kindness and respect, but instead was a source of pain in your life. It is perfectly understandable, and is our human nature to get away from things that cause us pain and discomfort. But God asks us to be different. He asks us to be set apart from the darkness of this world, where hatred, cruelty, intolerance, and indifference spurns.

Every day spent in holding a grudge, is another day that you let that person control you. You let that painful scar dictate how you treat them and others, as well. But, most of all, every day that you spend holding back your forgiveness from that person, a day spent in disobedience to the Most High. True freedom comes when you can look at that person who hurt you, but instead of pain, you feel God's love and grace.