I have received much spiritual truth — from parents, from friends, from teachers, from preachers, from writers, from the Bible itself.

I have received a rich spiritual heritage. And I am leaving a (rich?) spiritual heritage.

The parenthetical question means I’m wondering whether I’ve let anything slip. (Maybe I should say what instead of whether!)

The heritage I’m leaving — does it represent slippage? Or have I enriched it further?

“Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip” (Hebrews 2:1).

God help me to hang on to those things . . . and to add to them.