The great gulf between what a man knows is true and his ability to be true is wide indeed; but, take heart: no one ever managed to cross the river of Life who didn’t first stand before it — realizing that of his own strength he will never succeed — and then, by a faith born of knowing he must dare the waters — begin to swim. Those who choose to make this crossing find what those who don’t never will: the strength is given, a way is made, the distant shore awaits within.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The great gulf between what a man knows is true and his ability to be true is wide indeed; but, take heart: no one ever managed to cross the river of Life who didn’t first stand before it — realizing that of his own strength he will never succeed — and then, by a faith…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,3],"tags":[1029,1539,1538,117],"class_list":["post-2327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faithspirituality","category-fear-fearlessness","tag-quotes-about-strength","tag-river-of-life","tag-strength-to-succeed","tag-success"],"yoast_head":"\n