![]() ![]() Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the LORD is finished. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God is with you. I also came to the realization that courage was not a one-time decision, but something I needed to keep choosing.David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do the work. I started meeting with a counselor, because it was the most sustainable way I could keep running towards my fear. How could I let fear be a part of my life, after I was so sick? I lived in the high of the moment for a while, until I came crashing back to earth in panic.Ĭhanging our stance towards fear takes time. Change takes timeĪs I began to heal and feel better from being so ill, I felt as though I could take on the world (and my fears). You are brave!” Saying our fears out loud diminishes fear’s power. Even when it feels like we can’t go another step – call up a friend and tell them you need to hear, “You can do it. Let’s encourage and support each other to keep running at our fears. For each courageous step I have taken in my life, I can tell you the story of someone who had encouraged, loved, accepted and pushed me to keep running.īrave is contagious. The love, acceptance and care we receive from friends and family matters as we run towards our fears. People from work, from church, my friends, my neighbors, they all surrounded me, and I knew I wasn’t alone. When I was sick, I realized how many people cared and loved me. Facing and running towards our fears is not an easy task, it takes all the courage we have. As I spent so much time without distraction, I had to choose to allow fear to chase me through life, or to chase fear away. When I got so sick, I was no longer able to run from my fears. It seems counterintuitive to run towards what feels threatening, but the harder we run from our fearful situation, the faster it runs after us. But if you run toward the snake it will run fast away from you. Recently, I heard a speaker share about fear, and she told the story about how she learned as a girl if you came across a certain type of poisonous snake that running from it, the snake will move faster towards you. It has taken time and life experience, but I have learned three important ways to push through my timidity and fear and face whatever life is throwing at me, or those I love, with a brave heart. ![]() After facing treatments and surgery, both the big and little fears didn’t seem to have the same hold on me. Then, in my mid-twenties, I faced a serious illness that changed how I viewed the world. My very first memory is running into the house screaming because there was a spider on the sidewalk. I remember going home from slumber parties afraid. We cannot have a brave until we have a fear.Īs a child, I seemed to always be afraid of everything – scared of the dark, scared of sharks, scared of tornados, scared of falling off my bike, scared of spiders, the list could go on (and on). Bravery is born out of our response to fear. Your brave and my brave will look differently, but each of our courageous stories have one common thread – it all starts in our fear. We all have our own unique brave stories. ![]()
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