I hope and trust this post finds you all having a great day! It is a beautiful day in Arizona as Mountain Pointe JV football ( my 15-year old sons team) and the Sun Devils won last night AND it rained! I truly hope this has been a great week for all of you.
Courage...the word, the thought, the idea has been heavy on my heart and mind this week. Dictionary.com defines courage as, "1. the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery. 3. have the courage of one's convictions, to act in accordance with one's beliefs, especially in spite of criticism." On the other hand, discourage is defined by Dictionary.com as, "to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit."
Isn't it interesting that courage starts with, "the quality of mind or spirit that enables..."? It is in the quality of our minds, our spirits Friends that enables us to move, to act, to be courageous. It is found in the things we think, we read, we hear, we allow to be received into our hearts, our minds and our spirits. Life breeds life, death breeds death, truth breeds truth, good breeds good and bad breeds bad - it is in the quality of mind or our spirit that enables...
Equally interesting is that discourage starts with "to deprive of ..." Dictionary.com (man, I am wearing out Dictionary.com today!!!) defines deprive as, "to keep from possessing or enjoying something". So let me give you the definition again; to keep you from possessing or enjoying courage, hope or confidence. If we have no hope, no confidence, no courage, then what do we have? What a sad place to be! Please remember, "there are no hopeless situations, only people who grow hopeless in their situations."
Let's commit today to not grow hopeless in our situations! Just for today, let's receive only life, truth and goodness into our hears, minds and spirits. Let's be intentional today about seeking these things in our lives and let's rise up to become all that we were created to become. Each one of us has talents, gifts, abilities, hopes and dreams...let's be people of courage today and pursue these things! We do in fact have a choice; we must choose very wisely. And tomorrow, we will need to make the same choices again.
There is a song playing on the radio right now by Casting Crowns called "Courageous." Here are just a couple of the verses:
- "We were made to be courageous/We were made to lead the way/We could be the generation/That finally breaks the chains"
- "We were warriors on the front lines/Standing, unafraid/But now we're watchers on the sidelines/While our families slip away"
- "In the war of the mind/I will make my stand/In the battle of the heart/And the battle of the hand"
"Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage." - George Lorimer
Please let me know if there is ever anything I can do for any of you!
Have a great day, a wonderful weekend and enjoy - truly enjoy - your precious families.
Kev
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