WITH ONE FOOT RAISED
"We ought to learn to have one foot raised to take our departure when it shall please God." John Calvin
Were he with us today, I suspect his advice would remain unchanged.
Young man, young woman, go to school, study hard, prepare yourself for fifty or more years in a productive and exciting career, But do it with one foot raised!
Let all of us diligently labor at our place of business. Honor our employers by giving them a good day's work for a day's wage. But always
work with one foot raised!
By all means, get married. Enjoy the delight of romantic affections. Devote yourself to your spouse, yet do it with one foot raised!
Be quick to educate your children. Prepare them for life. Raise them in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, but always with one foot raised!
Study Greek and Hebrew and Latin! But study with one foot raised!
Celebrate life with your friends over a good steak and your beverage
of choice. But eat and drink with one foot raised!
Weep at the grave site of a child. Mourn at the loss of a friend. But may it always be with one foot raised!
Read a book. Write a book. But read and write with one foot raised!
Cheer for your favorite football team and celebrate wildly with every victory. But do it with one foot raised!
Labor to enact legislation to improve life in your city, your state, your country, but always with one foot raised!
Plant a garden. Plant a church. Open a savings account. Purchase a thirty-year certificate of deposit. Invest in a stock. But do it all in
anticipation and heightened expectancy of the life to come. Do it all with one foot raised!
Sam Storms
"Living with one foot raised: Calvin on the glory of the final resurrection and heaven"
"We ought to learn to have one foot raised to take our departure when it shall please God." John Calvin
Were he with us today, I suspect his advice would remain unchanged.
Young man, young woman, go to school, study hard, prepare yourself for fifty or more years in a productive and exciting career, But do it with one foot raised!
Let all of us diligently labor at our place of business. Honor our employers by giving them a good day's work for a day's wage. But always
work with one foot raised!
By all means, get married. Enjoy the delight of romantic affections. Devote yourself to your spouse, yet do it with one foot raised!
Be quick to educate your children. Prepare them for life. Raise them in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, but always with one foot raised!
Study Greek and Hebrew and Latin! But study with one foot raised!
Celebrate life with your friends over a good steak and your beverage
of choice. But eat and drink with one foot raised!
Weep at the grave site of a child. Mourn at the loss of a friend. But may it always be with one foot raised!
Read a book. Write a book. But read and write with one foot raised!
Cheer for your favorite football team and celebrate wildly with every victory. But do it with one foot raised!
Labor to enact legislation to improve life in your city, your state, your country, but always with one foot raised!
Plant a garden. Plant a church. Open a savings account. Purchase a thirty-year certificate of deposit. Invest in a stock. But do it all in
anticipation and heightened expectancy of the life to come. Do it all with one foot raised!
Sam Storms
"Living with one foot raised: Calvin on the glory of the final resurrection and heaven"