I should always be saying, 'My life is better than I ever imagined it to be, and it can only improve. I'm going to jump from peak to peak. And then they go careening over a cliff to the creek below. For me it's only going to be up and up and up. It is impossible, however, to avoid being given over to death.
Nobody goes from peak to peak, each moment more joyful than the last.
We have an option that is much wiser, one that Paul says will keep us valuing what is really valuable and avoid the exaltation of what is only a clay pot, and not intended to last. Real life is resurrection life, not the temporary making grand of what can only last for a short period. We find ourselves buffeted by life, the circle becomes tighter, the pressure becomes greater, and we anticipate being crushed, like a clay pot in a trash compacter. But the pressure is not too much to bear. Charles Colson was once one of the most powerful men in the world.