Works will never qualify how holy we are. We are only made holy and righteous because of the blood of Jesus Christ, because He paid the price for all our lackings and iniquities (ie Sin). There is no other way. And there will be no other way.

And I feel sad. Because she has not experienced the reality of God, the reality of the Saviour.

So many times, I feel like standing up and saying it out loud. I feel like speaking of who I put my trust in, of in whom my values are formed, and my definitions of concepts which cannot be separated from God. But society does not allow it. No one would understand, because it is a stumbling block for Jews and foolishness for Gentiles.

Yet this is not foolishness, it is wisdom.

And one day all the world will see that You are God.

Is this what it means, to be apart from the world?

For I feel, so very alien.