Reflections on Holiness

First off, I'd like to send a special thanks to all of the students, faculty and staff who made this week so spectacular. 

During this week at camp our focus was on holiness. We spent each day trying to understand it more and to realize how we can pursue holiness in our lives. These thoughts are just what I have compiled after all of our studying, discussing and praying:

Holiness is what we strive for, what we aim for. It is our deepest craving and loftiest ambition.
Holiness is perfection; pure, sweet and breathing.
Holiness is not a set of rules or standards, but it is an expectation. We must expect that our holiness can only come with the aid of He who is holy. We should expect to fail on our own for holiness cannot be attained single-handedly. We can expect there to be wounds and scars along the path to holiness for it is only by wounds and scars that such holiness exists.
Holiness means, at its core, to be set apart. There is no room for holiness among those who pursue fame and recognition. It cannot be found snuggled beside comfort or cozied up to apathy. Holiness is the choice of the wanderer, he that knows what it is to crave societal acceptance and yet turns away in his pursuit of more.
Holiness is righteous anger, all brimstone and fire.
Holiness is the heart's longing toward compassion, its love for mercy, its passion for grace.
Holiness is the presence of all the good in the world and the absence of all that is false or wicked.
Holiness cannot be borrowed, stolen or bought with earthly treasures. The price for holiness is nothing less than our very lives and nothing more than the single task of answering the call.
Holiness is our purpose for living and our joy in dying.
Holiness is not conclusive, except in that it will only truly be understood in the end.
Holiness is not inclusive; holiness excludes the weak-willed, the self-absorbed, the lover of foolishness.
Holiness is found in perfect unity with one another. It is the fulfillment of love, the epitome of truth.
Holiness is God, was created by God and does not exist apart from Him.