Remember The Height

“I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first.” (Revelation 2:2–5, NIV 1984). 

My Musings – Yet.  One of two words you really do not want to hear after a commendation (the other word is “but”).  For most, however, a commendation without a yet or a but is a rare occurrence.  That’s because we are still growing.  And the “higher” we achieve, the farther “the height from which [we fall].”  But that does not mean we should stop climbing. …