What a poignant synopsis of the whole matter, Hickock! And we're ALL in that same boat with you, and will be, until as you said, Christ regenerates us into another, less flawed form. Thanks for a great post of tremendous insight. These things matter, especially in a day and time when it's become "fashionable" to try to set ourselves out to be better, stronger, richer and more knowledgable and understanding than we really are, or even COULD be.