To one who has struggled to be the person he or she wanted to be...but has found that after MANY years of struggle that (you) did not possess the ability to overcome within yourself...the phrase "patterns of victory" could became a lifeline. You simply look to each day and hope for something better than the last...maybe longer periods in between defeat...
To quit is to self-determine defeat, but what hope is there to break through? How does one direct energy at the same vained efforts, to reform or to mature, that brought about no change in the past?
It would seem logical that victory would be secured through greater effort, and totally ridiculous that it could ever be achieved through less...and yet that is where I have arrived.
R + R + Q + T = S2
R & R is the formula for victory over the past...
Q & T the formula for victory in the future...
Isaiah 30:15..."In Repentance and Rest is your Salvation; in Quietness and Trust your Strength."
Illogical...yes...and I have no way to explain its power - simply that I have never felt greater peace.
this resonates...
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