The Bridge Between Grit and Grace

For decades, he lived in the grueling gap between the grit of a man determined to earn his own salvation and the grace he felt he didn’t deserve to receive. On the flight decks of the Hot War and in the high-stakes of corporate leadership, he relied on sheer willpower and a farm-born work ethic to outrun the ghost of a Vietnam-era failure.

He believed that if he could only achieve enough, manage enough, or move enough, he could finally silence the crushing question of his own worth. Yet, grit alone proved to be a hollow shield; it built careers but broke a family. It was only at the point of total exhaustion—at the "rock bottom" where his own strength failed—that the bridge was finally built. He discovered that while grit can endure a storm, only grace can offer a home, transforming a life of restless striving into a humble mission of service where God finally redeems the years the ego devoured.