Trials And Failure

Τάχα οὐ μόνον ἀπὸ τοῦ νικήσαντος ἀνθρώπου ἀφίστανται πρὸς καιρὸν οἱ πειρασταὶ δαίμονες, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡττηθέντος, δίδωσιν ἀνοχὴν, καὶ ἀνάψυξιν ὀλιγην τῷ νενικημένῳ, ἵνα δυνηθῇ ἀναπνεῦσαι, καὶ συλλέξαι, τὰς οἰκείας δυνάμεις, καὶ πάλιν ἀντᾶραι χεῖρας κατὰ τῶν ἀντιπάλων. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ Κ', Πτολεμαιῳ Source: Migne PG 79.89b

Perhaps not only from the victorious man does God withdraw trial for a time, but even from the one who fails. For God, having care for His own work, gives rest and a little breathing space for the one who fails, that by respite he be restored and that with his strength regathered, he again might raise his hands against the adversary. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 20 To Ptolemaius