One has to accept pain as a condition of existence. One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing. One needs a will stubborn in conflict, but apt always to the total acceptance of every consequence of living and dying.
Once you accept the existence of God - however you define him, however you explain your relationship to him - then you are caught forever with his presence in the center of all things.
None of us is guaranteed against failure or corruption of any kind; witness what`s going on in the world in this moment, the follies of human nature and the failures of human nature.