In The Great Stone Face...
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In The Great Stone Face by Nathaniel Hawthorne, we are told about an Indian legend which states that someday there will be a man who will look like the stone face and will take on its character. We are introduced to a little boy, Ernest. Throughout the story, various candidates come along, who seemingly will be the one taking on that character. Yet, for one reason or the other, they all fail. As the years pass, people begin to notice that it is Ernest, now grown up, who has taken on the character, the kindness, and the wisdom, of that great stone face which he has watched so long.
Like Saint Paul, we are to fix our eyes on Jesus who has ascended into heaven. As we set our sights on him, we are transformed more and more into his likeness, until that transformation is completed at that moment when he returns to take us to be with him forever.
Like Saint Paul, we are to fix our eyes on Jesus who has ascended into heaven. As we set our sights on him, we are transformed more and more into his likeness, until that transformation is completed at that moment when he returns to take us to be with him forever.
