March 20, 2006

Churchill Speaks

I am currently reading Winston Churchill's book, The Gathering Storm--the first book in his history of the second world war. This book covers the events leading up to the war, and chronicles the failures of the western powers to act in preventing Hitlers aggression when it was still possible to do so.

The following is a quote which is relevant today, not only for national leaders, but also for spiritual leaders and for Christians involved in the daily struggle against "the world, the flesh, and the devil."

Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.

May God give us the grace and intestinal fortitude to know when a battle now will prevent a war in the future.

Posted by Andrew on March 20, 2006 7:48 AM.