Sis Murphy -
I am just grateful that not only is Yeshua/Jesus Christ our God and Lord but that He Is Himself our Pointman, Rearguard and Paraclete.
Enjoyed your article especially as a former Lady Marine, it put my soul in mind of the Psalm called "The Song of Degrees/Pilgrims Way", and that psalm reminds me of how God gives us His Torah/Instruction and Law - "precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little..." , and that reminds me of God's steps or Ladder(Hebrew letter lamed) and that of Jacob's pillow - Bethel, and how God grows us up/matures us into His Image and Likeness who is Yeshua - "By Grace into a deeper grace level, In Faith by a higher faith level, Through Glory upon a wider level of glory, On Love as a longer stretch of love; starting out in patience we are exercised and disciplined until Patience/LongSuffering has Her Perfecting Work Completed, and we are found in the exact Image and Likeness of The Almighty God our Lord Yeshua The Messiah, when His Last Day comes.
Sis Shamir