Overcoming is marked by choosing difficulty, not by worldly accomplishment

Evidence

I feel like an overcomer when I choose the difficult over the easy. It might be loving someone unlovely (and there are many here that qualify) or it might be accomplishing the goals I’ve penned in my daily planner. My accomplishments here have been miniscule. I’ve written no books, have no substantial savings, etc. But somehow I think God sees me as an overcomer. And how He perceives me is all that truly matters anyway… I’m very thankful for prison and for my hardships, because they have clothed me with humility. — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory, 131

Categorization

• CANDY: A striking line about being grateful for prison because it clothed the writer in humility - tweetable on its own.
• XREF: Echoes the same conviction-vs-condemnation frame from paragraph 128, and resonates with the Pauline ‘strength in weakness’ theme throughout the New Testament. — connects to: Doing God’s will, not merely professing it, defines the overcomer. — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory: The…, 105; Being an overcomer does not depend on socio-economic status or public prominence. — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory: The…, 108; The hardest constraints to overcome are those within oneself — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 613 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The hardest constraints to overcome are those within oneself #expands (0.85) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 613
• A life’s success can be measured by unbroken appetite for living, not by achievement #corroborates (0.80)