«It is not as though
any definite act of man could draw grace down from heaven; yet grace answers deed in unpredictable ways, grace unattainable, yet not self - withholding.»
«It was
a definite act of dedication, but I was committed to succeeding at the risk I had taken.»
Yet there's
a definite act of cognitive dissonance there: you've told your bosses you can't do the job; you've heard they're talking to other people; promised money has dried up... what?
She was encouraged to draw, but her shift towards modernism was
a definite act of rebellion.