I read this quote this morning and was blessed by it all day. It was great to read again and again throughout the day and decided to share it here as well.
“So long as the contest continues, a man is full of fear and trembling, wondering whether he will win today or be defeated, whether he will win tomorrow or be defeated: the struggle and stress constrict his heart. But when he has attained dispassion, the contest comes to an end; he receives the prize of victory and has no further anxiety about the three that were divided, for now through God they have made peace with one another. These three are the soul, the body and the spirit. When they become one through the energy of the Holy Spirit, they cannot again be separated. Do not think, then, that you have died to sin, so long as you suffer violence, whether waking or sleeping, at the hands of your opponents. For while a man is still competing in the arena, he cannot be sure of victory.” –St Isaiah the Solitary (Philokalia)
I hope it touches your heart as it did mine…
Love in Christ
Subdeacon Charles-Michael
