Not Being, But Becoming

This life is therefore not righteousness,

but growth in righteousness;

not health, but healing;

not being, but becoming;

not rest, but exercise.

We are not yet what we shall be,

but we are growing toward it;

the process is not yet finished

but it is going on;

this is not the end,

but it is the road.

All does not yet gleam in glory,

but all is being purified.

                               - Martin Luther, 1521




{Today's Soundtrack: East Meets East - Nigel Kennedy & Kroke}