The Way of the Warrior: An Ancient Path to Inner Peace

by Erwin Raphael McManus

The hardest thing to do is convince someone who is overwhelmed with despair that there is actually a future and hope. One of the most difficult things to do is convince someone who has been heartbroken, who has lost at love, that there is a person out there who will love them completely and will long for their love in return. It is very difficult to help someone who has come to the end of a dream, who feels devastated by failure, to realize there is a greater future waiting for them, that there is another dream waiting to be awakened. One of the greatest gifts we can give others is to help them have new eyes with which they can see their own selves, their own lives, and their own future. Paul’s words become more poignant: “Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world. Do not allow your mind to be shaped by any patterns that would steal from you the hope that God created you to live in.”