If there is anything worse than evil, it is nothingness. At least evil has a form, and a voice, and a purpose, however depraved. Perhaps some good can even come out of evil: a terrible deed of violence against someone weaker may lead others to act in order to ensure that such a deed is not perpetrated again, whereas before they might have been unaware of the reasons why an individual might behave in such a way, or they might simply have chosen to ignore them. And evil, as we saw with the Blacksmith, always contains within itself the possibility of its own redemption. It is not evil that is the enemy of hope: it is nothingness.

An evil mind will always live with the ghosts of its decisions and actions.

Your sacred right is to decide your own fate.

It is when we are completely fulfilled and want for nothing more that we are given everything.

Becoming __ew_ in Christ is a wonderful beginning, but it isn__ the end of pain or problems in our lives. It is the beginning of our facing up to them. Being a Christian involves a lifetime of hard work, dedicated study, and difficult decisions.

Once God leads you to make a decision, don__ draw back. Instead, trust His leading, and believe He goes before you__ecause He does.