It’s Sunday Again: Measuring Life?

A long time ago in another millennium, I read a book that changed the way I have looked at life across almost five decades. The book is The Compulsive Christian by David Mason, first edition 1969.
Our society tends to measure life by what we have or by what we do. Mason reminds that God’s standard is being, not having or doing.
Further, each of these three verbal concepts has a past, present, and future. Nine possibilities! One can measure life by what one had, has, or will have. One can measure life by what one did, does, or will do. One can measure life by what one was, is, or is becoming.
I think about these options, and it is clear that God is most interested in what we are becoming. May I today be transformed to resemble him more closely, bringing him more glory, participating more fully in his purpose and will.