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It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishment the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.

Love this poem by William Ernest Henley - “Invictus”

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Chuck Swindoll was once a fan of that poem, but came around to a higher truth. I couldn't find the radio sermon where he used it as an example but the truth is that at some point you ought to learn that 1) there's quite a lot directing your fate other than yourself, and 2) you can't save yourself--any more than Baron Munchausen could pull himself out of the water by his own ponytail.

Rather than "invictus" I would rather be conquered by the Hound of Heaven: https://www.bartleby.com/236/239.html

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