The Dreary Midpoint: Where Faith Fails at Half-Height

Nehemiah's wall reached halfway—a critical juncture where the builders' courage collapsed. Maclaren seizes on this universal truth: "Half-way is just the critical time in all protracted work. The fervour of beginning has passed; the animation from seeing the end at hand has not sprung up." The initial fervent energy of commencement has evaporated, yet the completion remains distant and invisible.…