My first, eternal love, has given me a heart and, within it, a will capable of submission. He has given me his Spirit and filled me that I am not overcome with my broken desires for rebellion, but rather that I may become submitted in all things, to Him and to all human institutions. For my savior was an example for me, that through his great submission I might see life and see the restoration of my soul. As my brother and fellow follower of Christ, Peter, once said of the Christ, “When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.”
1 Peter 2:23