Aspiration to Be like Christ
People are who they are. They are also who they aspire to be.
We are who we are. We are also who we choose to become.
And from the former we strain toward the latter. Aspiration is better embodied in a real person than in an abstract ideal. We shortchange ourselves in choosing other people to emulate. But on this occasion we remember an ever-present example from the past who was tempted in all points like we are, yet without sin.
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