Courage

Every day we are faced with situations where we can sit down and shut up and feel horrible about it, or we can stand use our God given right to say what we want to say and feel a million times better.

The difference in our choice being that little thing called courage. Some have it naturally build into them and so can stomp around telling the truth and will be admired or hated. Some don't and need a bit of help ( liquid courage anyone?)

Why am I thinking about this? As we are here and sharing our deepest feelings and fears I think we all need the courage to write it out. For example... how will "pen fright" be overcome if there is no courage?

Also... today something very interesting happened. I'm in a philosophy class and everyone was totally bashing the Christian faith and anyone who "dared" believe in such a "silly" thing as religion.

I am a Christian and am very proud of it. I can say that anytime and anywhere but put me in that Chrisitan and for the past few weeks I've been freezing up. I didn't want to sound like an ignorant goofball.

But today was different. Today I looked to my source of courage ( among other things), and I just calmly raised my hand and said loud and clear

"I am a christian. I don't claim to know all the answers and I certainly can't give an answer to any of these questions... But I know who I am."

Well something along those lines. And wouldn't you know it... A huge burden was off my heart.

I know that as a Christian I didn't really have to prove anything to any of them. I know that even God was okay with me not saying anything. God works the way he does and i know he didn't me to do anything. But I did. I spoke. I declared who I was with no fear what others might think. I took a swig of metaphoric liquid courage and now I feel so much better, because I'm probably gonna get ostracized for what I believe in but I know that what i did was right.

Whatever you've been afraid to say out loud, feel internally, whatever just let it go and speak up! People might not like you but at the end of the day you'll like yourself better. Plus I'll like you for it too ;)