There are many different ways to be brave, but it’s always a choice.
Yesterday I posted my friend’s thoughts on forgiving hard things and hard people. I marvel as I watch her and others in my life who have endured deep, deep emotional pain, and, with God’s help, have made the choice to be truly brave – to face it and forgive it.
And it has made me think too, of friends who are enduring tremendous physical pain that weakens them to the point where they could question if their life is really a life at all. And in the midst of it – with God’s help – they have persevered. They have been truly brave, choosing to greet each day as a gift.
Still others have chosen hard, sacrificial roads of service to those who feel hopeless or left behind. With God’s help, they’ve been truly brave, choosing to bring justice and mercy to dark places.
All of us have stuff that makes us want to give up, or give in, or yell at the top of our lungs “THIS ISN’T FAIR!!”
But instead, we can choose to be brave. And fight for life, or our marriage, or our kids, or for justice, for redemption…
There are many different ways to be brave, but it’s always a choice.
