the antonym of me

there's a song that has really been resonating with me lately... not really a surprise to people if you know me. Through music is one of the most real ways God and I communicate.

I am full of earth, you are heaven's worth
I am stained with dirt, prone to depravity
you are everything that is bright and clean
the antonym of me, you are divinity...

I feel like I am constantly being reminded of how dirty and ugly my heart can be at times. It's scary sometimes and I hate it... but seeing it in this light is helping me to hate sin more and more and instead desire holiness more and more. AND it keeps me in awe of God's holiness and the grace He freely pours out on us.

But a certain sign of grace is this
from the broken earth, flowers come up,
pushing through the dirt...
You are holy, holy, holy
All heaven cries" Holy, holy God!"
You are holy, holy, holy
I wanna be holy like You are...

There's something about that word... Holy. It's one of my favorite words to sing. God's holiness. like all thos places in the Word where it says the angels cry, "Holy, holy, holy!" all about God. I love it. Praising God for His holiness, with thankfulness for because He is holy, He makes me holy, too.

You are everything that is bright and clean
and You're covering me with Your majesty
the truest sign of grace was this
from wounded hands redemption fell down
liberating man...

Freeing us from sin. We are holy because He is holy. He covers the dirt and ugliness inside us and makes us PURE, CLEAN, and HOLY. Because of God's amazing grace, we get to be holy. It's not of our own power or deeds that we are holy, it's all Him.

But the harder I try, the more clearly can I
feel the depth of our fall, and the weight of it all
so this might could be the most impossible thing
your grandness in me making me clean
Glory, Hallelujah!
glory, glory, Hallelujah!
So here I am, all of me
finally everything
wholly, wholly, wholly,
I am wholly, wholly
I am wholly, wholly,
wholly Yours

The part that I most love about this song is how it gradually builds from focusing on our sinfulness, our faults, everything that is wrong with us in comparison to God's greatness, purity, and perfection to realizing what Christ did for us to praising God for how amazing He is and THEN being wholly, fully His. Only then, once we've gone through this process.
If you haven't heard this song, go listen to it.

"God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin." - 1 corinthians 1:30