By H.H. Pope Shenouda III
The right thing is to feel that you are weak, in a land which brings forth thorns and thistles; and that you are weak before every temptation and sin. Say along with the psalmist, "If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us, then they would have swallowed us alive, when their wrath was kindled against us." (Ps. 124: 2,3) Thus you will cry out to the Lord and see how He will fight on your behalf and conquer. Then you will give glory to God not to yourself because the victory is His.
