Fo Really Really Real...

So a few years ago a girl. Kristen, came on a mission trip to Eastern Kentucky with us. At the time she was working at an after school thing I beleive, but she was working with elementary and I believe Junior High kids. A counselor/supervision role. Anyways, she was telling a story about one of the girls that was there. She had a lot of braids in her hair if I remember correctly and she loved to talk. They would talk about all kinds of stuff and they became good friends. One of the things this little girl would say is "fo real" all the time. Kristen was telling her a story and the girl didn't really believe her so she said "fo real". and Kristen said yes, the girl said, "fo really real", to which Kristen said yes. Then the girl still not totally buying into it said, "fo really, really, real". It was the third time I guess and the severity of such a question like fo really really, real that helped her trust Kristen. When Kristen had said yes to the really, really, real part the girl believed her.
I have been apart of a group of people trying to read the entire Bible in 90 days called, "That's What We Read". This is day 11 and the last week has been all about the holiness of God, the tabernacle, the sacrifices, and the festivals. All of this to show the holiness of God, and to remind the Israelites (the people God was talking to) of His holiness. I have found myself at several points saying, "Okay God I get it, can we move along to something else now". It hasn't been the most electrifying reading on the action meter. However, I am starting to wonder if the reason why I am so unimpressed by this section of the Bible is because I am like the little girl with Kristen.
Maybe I don't really buy into how truly holy God is. Maybe I have asked Him, "fo real, you are that serious about being holy?" But when He (God) said yes, I followed up at some point in my life with, "Okay God, fo really real, you want me to be that holy... you want me to stay away from sin, to be holy even with this...", and when He (God) said yes maybe I have never followed up with the, "fo really really real." On a talk show yesterday these two sport commentators were just beating up on a guy in the NBA who just married a lady whom he had never even kissed. They were saying how idiotic and stupid that is. That in this culture you have to, "taste the goods, take her for a test drive" (their words not mine) before you marry her. "I mean what if there aren't any fireworks or electricity when you two have sex for the first time after the wedding, then what."
I think God is really, really, serious about holiness. Not really really serious about rules and laws, but holiness. And I know as a kid I didn't see the difference between these two ideas. God really cares about what is best for us. I know that I believe Him more than I did when I was 15, but I think I am learning that I sometimes am okay with being a little "unclean".

Leviticus 11:44 I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy.
Leviticus 20:26 You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.

Maybe one of the reasons God put all of this info and history about His holiness and how this nation tried to be holy like Him, wasn't just to bore us to tears. Maybe it was so that we would start to see just how holy God is and how serious holiness is to Him and how important it is to us. Maybe I have forgotten or never really, really knew how important it is.