“We are only failures when we give up or walk away.” “You’re never going to amount to anything! You’re going to be just like your father!” I was six years old. My mother, an alcoholic, had her own issues. Still, that’s hard to hear, over and over again. I was an identical twin, but I…
Letter 4 Themes: The subtle attacks against prayer life; the implications of not seeing God directly in prayer. Letter 5 Themes: Fear, anguish, despair; war, suffering; contented worldliness; growth through suffering; faith. Letter 6 Themes: Fear, anxiety worry, suspense about the future; faith trust; prayer; revenge, anger; apathy.
Letter 28 Themes: Fear of and blessings of death; spiritual perseverance; middle aged prosperity and adversity; worldly attachments; spiritual attrition, earthly utopia. Letter 29 Themes: Cowardice; pride; hatred; courage; despair; God’s motive for creating a dangerous world; superstitions involving hypotheticals; relying on God alone. Letter 30 Themes: Duty, purpose, pride, cowardice, fatigue, peevishness, disappointment, total…
