Here's Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth. William Ernest Henley grew up in poverty in 19th century England.

At the age of 13, he contracted tuberculosis of the bone, and at the age of 17, he had to have his

leg amputated to save his life. While he was in the hospital recovering from surgery on his remaining foot,

he wrote a short poem. And in that poem, he speaks of being in darkness. Maybe he was talking

about despair or depression. He doesn't make it clear exactly what he was talking about. But he

speaks in this poem about being strong and brave and unafraid, even under the

bludgeonings of chance, he says. He talks about how his circumstances, tough as they are,

cannot conquer his soul. He says, my head is bloody but unbound.

And then he concludes with these well-known words that you probably have heard,

I am the master of my fate.

I am the captain of my soul.

That poem was later named Invictus, which is a Latin word that means unconquerable or undefeated or invincible.

Invictus, undefeated, invincible. On June the 11th, 2001, just before Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, just before he was executed, as his final

statement, he handed the prison warden a handwritten copy of Henley's Poe. That was his final statement.

I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, co-author of Seeking Him.

For March 17th, 2022, I'm Dana Gresh.

Nancy's in the series, The Wonder of His Name, 32, life-changing names of Jesus.

Today in particular, our study of the names of Christ will contrast with the poem that

ends, I am the captain of my soul.

Now, there's a sense in which I think those words express the mindset of every human being,

until we turn the reins of our lives over to Christ and acknowledge him as the captain of our soul.

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