It's About Being Holy

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The Story Behind It’s About Being Holy:

It’s About Being Holy is a very personal reflection on two decades of marriage and what it’s taken to move from striving and struggle into freedom and alignment in Christ.

In the early years, we resisted the very things God was using to shape us. What followed were long seasons of growth marked by pride, refinement, and the realization that love is a war…not a war against each other, but a daily war against our own flesh, and daily choosing to love each other the way Christ loves us.

This song captures the turning point: learning that marriage isn’t meant to fulfill us and make us happy, it’s meant to refine us. Marriage isn’t meant to be centered on happiness; it’s meant to sharpen us, and it’s about holiness.

This song is deeply rooted in faith, identity in Christ, and the ongoing process of transformation. It’s about choosing to fix our eyes on God together, to sharpen one another, and to walk in the freedom that comes from living fully surrendered to God.

Happiness does come with holiness, but in the end, the goal isn’t just a happy marriage…it’s about being holy.

Bible Verses & Biblical Themes in It’s About Being Holy:

• Acts 26:14b “‘It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’”
• Galatians 5:17 “For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.”
• Galatians 5:1 “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”
• 1 Peter 1:15-16 “but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
• Genesis 3:8 “And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.”
• Philippians 2:3-4 “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
• James 4:6 “But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
• Ephesians 5:22, 25 “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord… Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her”
• Genesis 2:24 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”
• John 15:4-5 “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
• Romans 12:2 “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
• Proverbs 27:17 “Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.”
• Lamentations 3:22-23 “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
• 2 Corinthians 5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.”
• Philippians 1:21” For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”
• Luke 9:23 “And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”
• Luke 14:33 “So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.”
• Psalm 139:1 “O Lord, you have searched me and known me!”

Chords & Lyrics:

It's About Being Holy
Krystal Craven
Copyright: 2026 Krystal Craven
Key: D
Tempo: 97
Flow: Intro, V1, C1, V2, C1, V3, C1, Bridge, C, C2, C1, Outro

Intro:
[D](Whistle)[Em][Bm][A]

Verse 1:
When we said our v[D]ows that d[Em]ay
Feeling so s[Bm]ure of what we w[A]anted to say
[D] Fast forward to tw[Em]enty years down the ro[Bm]ad
And all that k[G]icking against the goad
I d[D]on’t think we’d f[A]inally come to s[Bm]oar
If we h[Em]adn’t come to realize that love is a w[A]ar

Chorus 1:
In Chr[D]ist we’re found so in Chr[A]ist we’ll be
It’s in Chr[Bm]ist that we are both tr[G]uly set free
Our p[D]ast is past, now taking [A]each day slowly
M[Bm]arriage isn’t about being happy
[G] It’s about being holy [D]

Verse 2:
As much as we’d l[D]ike to think we could hide
Much of our pr[A]oblems came down to pride
We weren’t f[Bm]inding ourselves in Christ
Along the w[G]ay our marriage paid the price
As m[D]uch as we wish we w[A]ould have gotten it r[Bm]ight
Our m[Em]arriage is still plenty worth the f[D]ight [A]

Chorus 1:

Verse 3:
N[D]ow we live as one, yet two imperfect people
Not l[A]iving up the image of the people in the steeple
Each d[Bm]ay we abide, and let Christ transform
Not g[G]iving in to whims or the cultural norm
We ab[D]ide each day and each morning we find
G[A]od’s new mercies for that day’s new gr[G]ind

Chorus 1:

Bridge:
[D] One day we’ll stand before our K[A]ing
[Bm] One day we’ll give account for [G]every single thing
May our w[D]orks be found true [A]in the end
May we be w[Bm]illing to go wherever God may s[G]end
Though His c[D]all be tough and He will stretch us further
M[A]ay we be found to have such intense fervor
This l[Bm]ife is but a vapor, it’s short in the making
May we [G]always live for Christ, all other things forsaking

Chorus 1:

Chorus 2:
In Chr[D]ist alone our marriage r[A]ises above
In Chr[Bm]ist alone we f[G]ind our true love [(back in)]
If we s[D]et our minds together, to focus [A]on Him alone
We’ll sh[Bm]ow up our best[slap stop] when in Him we’re fully known

Chorus 1:

Outro:
M[Bm]arriage isn’t about being happy
[G] It’s about being holy [G - ring out]