“I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am.” John Newton

Hope is often realized one day at a time. Grace is the governing dynamic of the changes that God is working in us, and the fruit of progress, even in small increments, is the measure that we are cooperating with it.  

“By the grace of God, I am what I am.” The Apostle Paul Conversations Within” ts 2/10/2021