Day 323..."Abominations from bad to worse...Setting the Ultimate Goal"

The reading from Ezekiel refrains about abominations..."But you will see still greater abominations"...as if the offensive behavior could become worse each time. I was intrigued by the image of looking to the north and seeing jealousy...was this symbolic, a metaphor, or just a vision?

Paul writes very inspiring words about setting the most important goal of all..."Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. 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."
This passage is good for New Year's Eve and any day we make a new beginning!" Paul also offers a contrast of choices..."Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself." This contrast is comparable with the passage in Galatians regarding the fruits of the Spirit. Which observation sounds more like us? The god of a belly? Or the ONE of the high calling in Jesus Christ? Press 1 for pressing toward the mark!