November 22, 2010 (If you do not ascend...)

If you do not ascend…
photo by Patrick Frey

“Such as do not grow in grace, decay in grace.
There is no standing at a stay in religion,
either we go forward or backward;
if faith does not grow, unbelief will;
if heavenly mindedness doth not grow,
covetousness will.
A man that doth not increase his stock diminisheth it;
if you do not improve your stock of grace,
your stock will decay.
The angels on Jacob's ladder
were either ascending or descending;
if you do not ascend in religion, you descend.”
- Thomas Watson