Courage is not a one-time thing. It’s a continual practice, woven through moments of faith, vulnerability, and perseverance. Each experience—whether smooth or disjointed—reminds me to keep moving forward and to trust that God will provide the strength I need for the journey.
The boy I punched in the nose was pointing me out to his parents. I started to shrink back, but then my daddy put his arm around me like he was proud. In essence, he was teaching me these boys had it coming and clearly my actions were justified.
If you have ever been set free from bondage, you will fight for that freedom. It could be bondage to control, addictions, approval, relationships, even grief. Maybe you’re in bondage through no fault of your own. Once you have been released, you will never want to be enslaved again.
I got in trouble a lot in the middle school years. That’s when I did my best sinning. I couldn’t outrun my reputation. It followed me for years. Teachers that really liked me would give me the benefit of the doubt, but those that didn’t, made false assumptions.
There have been many times in my life that people have told me, it’s going to be okay, when they have no idea if it is or not. The Good News is that Jesus Christ made everything okay when He rescued me and set me free.
God used physical death to put a longing in my heart that should have already been there to get me to think with an eternal perspective.
