Not that
already
I have got (this)
nor
already
have been made mature
but
I press on
if indeed I can grasp (it)
because
indeed I have been grasped
by Christ.
Sisters / brothers,
I myself
I am not reckoning
to have grasped (it)
but one thing-
on the one hand
disregarding the things that are behind
and on the other
straining for the things that are ahead,
I am pressing on toward the goal
to the prize of the upward call
of God
in Christ Jesus.
So whoever is mature
let us think like this.
And if someone thinks otherwise
God will reveal this to you.
In any case
whatever we have attained
we must walk in step with.
Lord, you have given me so much,
I ask for one more thing –
a grateful heart.
George Herbert