"It is in learning to persevere through the really tough times that we grow in resolve (the masculine will to choose life and wholeness), in moral and spiritual discipline (the feminine wisdom to choose aright), and in the understanding of our own hearts.... True identity is ... in our ability to obey and respond to Someone far greater than ourselves." "It is when man is obedient, when he wills to unite himself with God, that he finds himself to be one person-a person whose choices are continually changing him from the very center of his being into that perfected person that shall be.... infused by the very power of God" (Crisis in Masculinity, Leanne Payne, p. 93 and p. 81).

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