Living Deeply

Have Courage (Winston Churchill)

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

(Explanation: Courage is a gift God gives us through the power of the Holy Spirit.  We all have moments of failure in life.  And yet it is precisely in these moments that God wants to breathe His life into us.  It is God's power and presence then which is our source of courage.  Are you experiencing challenge now in your life.  Failure?  I invite you to pray to God to give you a new spirit of courage.  By His grace we shall endure with hope and enthusiasm for the blessings He has in store for us.  Our lives are not over.  They have just begun.)

How Long Must I Fall and Rise Up? (Ignatius Byranchaninov)

A brother once sorrowfully asked Sisoes the Great: "Father, what can I do? I have fallen into sin." The Staretz answered him: "Rise again." The brother said: "I rose up and fell." The Staretz answered: "Rise again." The brother answered: "How often must I fall and rise up?" The Staretz said: "Until your death."