“The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have accepted everything we have missed something – war. This life of ours is a very enjoyable fight, but a very miserable truce.” — G.K. Chesterton
The good life is the good fight. There are few things more miserable than making peace with evil. It never keeps its treaty. You cannot draw a boundary line, shake hands with wickedness, and expect it to honor the conditions. It will always encroach. It will always break it words. It is evil. What did you expect?
There is no such thing as a cease fire and those who set their hopes on one live a life of relentless disappointment. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire realized is like a tree of life.
1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life.
Those who fight are often given the joy of landing a blow and are even given the more miraculous joy of being grateful for getting knocked down in the course of fighting the good fight.
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