She composed more than 6,000 hymns in her 95 years. There was a remarkable man in 18-Century England who was a successful mass evangelist, theologian, social reform and university scholar. In 52 years of active ministry, John Wesley traveled more than 250,000 miles, mostly on horseback and preached more than 40,000 times. Such spiritual production is the fruit of disciplined life. We are all fellow strugglers.
Many people grapple with habits they want to beat.
They often think self-control is an impossibility. To be honest, I feel like that sometimes. We all have a common need for self-discipline. Normally we wouldn't put food addiction in the same class with drug or alcohol addiction, but that's where the Bible puts it. An actual fact, food kills as many of us as any other vice, including hard drugs.