Synonyms
bravery - valour - valor - pluck - gallantry - nerve
How come it is such a hard thing to show, to grasp, to let free? I think there are many answers to this but mine would be just a few of these> We are afraid of falling and having the world see the mud on our face, of failing and not trying again, of what someone will think of us-will we be rejected by those we love if we stand and they disagree?...
If we show our Courage, if we take that step...then what?
I'm being constantly challenged in this area. Each major decision takes Courage! Every step towards my future takes Courage.
I've noticed that when I stop worrying about what the world thinks of me and I focus on that still-small-voice inside, I set my eyes on God and what matters to Him...then the sound of the crowd dies down and my focus becomes clearer and my Courage rises up!
It was just over 2 years ago I remember we were facing a few family and friends telling them we would be buying a new house. There was no sign in the world that this would come true but we knew it would. Faith comes in handy here! ;) You know...the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen! But that's a whole other story for later. It was Courage that let us stand up and say it knowing that people would judge, make fun of or cheer. The same moment when we decided to get debt free in a year and then again when we made the decision to have me stop working to stay at home and raise our little munchkins. All of these moments of Courage while trembling at the "what if?"
What if I don't ____________ ???...fill in the blank. For me the what if comes with the fear of parenting, relationships, my new career at staying home and raising these babies. I've stepped out of a home I've known and loved longer than any place I've ever lived, left a job I know and practically a whole family of people I grew to love from working with for 9 years and all of this change is scary. Finishing writing a book about a woman who couldn't finish it herself but the message still needs to reach someone in the world out there. Beginning my new job that I know so little about. Throw me a car question and I can have it answered in seconds...throw me a parenting question and I'm gonna have to get back to you in 20 years.
I'm just gonna say it because someone has to. It is scary! All of it! But if I don't step out and do it then who will? And if or when I fail...because there will be days like that- won't I be humbled and learn more by facing the world with it rather than hiding away and never having tried or said or given of myself to any of these things?
Maybe some of these things don't affect you the same way they do me but I want to be the person of Courage in life. I know full well, every time that someone won't appreciate it, back me up or agree. I know that I will fall sometimes and look up with mud on my face and a lot of people will see. But I want to be the person that gets back up and tries again, still proclaiming that I will succeed.
I think any time we say out loud what we know may not go over well, or we walk down a road that we may be blazing on our own for the first time, we step out and step up and we face the inevitable pain or grief that is bound to come with any decision we walk out the true meaning of Courage!
This one rings through to my heart...
Joshua 1:9
New International Version (NIV)
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
I wish more of us could have the Courage to face whatever it is we need to and know that in doing so we've just become better for it!
This world doesn't need more conformers, more people wishing they'd had said or done but never actually having lived that life they've wished. This world needs more now than ever Courageous people!
After all isn't life too short for anything less than giving of ourselves for the betterment of another?
So live your life to the fullest, enjoy each moment and embrace the tough ones because those are what grow you and make your life more rich. Celebrate this life as often as possible, daily preferably.
Finally, take every chance to be a person of Courage! Stand up and speak up for what you believe in, what you love, what is right and what you want. Then don't be just a person of words but be the person of action that shows their Courage with Honor, Integrity and Honesty! Live a life worth being proud of and one that you look back with more good thoughts and cherished moments than regrets.
Thanks for reading and many blessings on you and yours~
Sarah Renee'
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