Leviticus

Oh my, Leviticus, why are you in the Bible?
Oh my, Leviticus, with your instructions for the Levite priests,
what to eat, what to wear, who not to sleep with,
what are you saying today?

… Well… there is this.

Cradled amid the 74 things banned, is this verse about being holy.
It’s a gift. But you will need to set aside moral and legal imperatives to hear it.

“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

The Holy One is saying, “Listen people. I’m holy.”
“And because you stepped into the circle of relationship, you are holy too!”

Get it? Get the gift?

We are holy too.
Not because of what we do, or don’t do.
Not because of moral greatness or legal achievement.
We are holy because we are gathered in the circle of God’s holiness.
That’s how I hear it. God’s delight.
“Hey, you shall be holy because I’m holy.”

All of life is holy.
What you eat. What you drink.
What you wear. Who you sleep with.
It’s all holy.

And in this holy-ness, there are some best ways to live.
For these Levite priests, the instructions were spelled out, in detail.
Go ahead and read them if you like.
But spend more time
being holy now,
in your own town.

Where in your ordinary life do you sense a shimmer of holiness: a moment, relationship, rhythm, task, or place that reminds you that life is held in God’s delight? Or you might choose one simple daily act — eating, dressing, walking, resting, greeting someone — and do it today with awareness: “This too is holy.” Notice what shifts in you.

Create something small that honours “holiness in the ordinary.” You might: Write a short blessing for an everyday thing (a kettle, a doorstep, a commute) OR sketch or doodle a circle and fill it with words or colours that feel like holiness to you OR place a small object on a table as a “holy reminder” and photograph it.