![]() Only let us look toward our mark with sincere simplicity and aspire to our goal not fondly flattering ourselves, nor excusing our own evil deeds, but with continuous effort striving toward this end: that we may surpass ourselves in goodness until we attain to goodness itself. And let us not despair at the slightness of our success for even though attainment may not correspond to desire, when today outstrips yesterday the effort is not lost. Therefore, let us not cease so to act that we may make some unceasing progress in the way of the Lord. No one shall set out so inauspiciously as not daily to make some headway, though it be slight. Let each one of us, then, proceed according to the measure of his puny capacity and set out upon the journey we have begun. We can keep crawling, as Calvin tenderly encourages us: We tend to find ourselves limping, crawling at a feeble speed toward the feast that God has for us. And it feels that our progress, Holy-Spirit helped as it is, is very slow. To be sure, oftentimes it feels like the distance is very great between what we desire in our relationship with God and what we experience. We don’t pick and choose the aspects of holiness we prefer - or the pursuit of God that best fits our low expectations. On this point, John Calvin writes, “It is not lawful for you to divide things with God in such a manner that you undertake part of those things which are enjoined upon you by his Word but omit parts according to your own judgment.” In other words, we shouldn’t go lax on those things we think are less profitable. We don’t settle down our desire for more of Jesus or drop the bar of our passion. ![]() Just because there is something yet to come - that there is a reality we can only know partially here - we don’t ease up in our quest. There is yet a fuller, deeper, more glorious experience to come.īut that doesn’t mean we put on the breaks. As satisfying and wonderful as God’s grace is, we’ll always be longing for more. We will not be fully glorified here in this age. In this life - in the Christian’s sojourn in this world - we will never reach perfect conformity to the image of Jesus. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. "The parties involved in the incident have been identified and based on the information known to investigators at this time, there is no known danger to the public," state police said in a statement Wednesday.Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. He's also facing a felony charge of conduct after an accident. ![]() ![]() Thirty-year-old Thomas Shane Hanley is charged with stalking and breach of bail. Police arrested a man from Henniker Tuesday night in connection with the case. Investigators said Wednesday they were able to identify Maiorano "after intensive investigative work."Īn autopsy found she died from "blunt impact head injuries," but it's not clear yet how she suffered those injuries. The woman had a tattoo on the small of her back showing a bird feather with birds flying out of it, police say. It showed a feather with birds flying out of it. Police had trouble identifying her so they released an image of a tattoo on her back hoping to generate leads. ![]() Gina Maiorano, 27, of Henniker, New Hampshire, was found in the breakdown lane of Interstate 89 in Hopkinton early Monday morning. New Hampshire State Police have identified a woman with a unique tattoo who was found dead on a highway and they've made an arrest in the case. ![]()
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