Posts filed under: Courage
Courage
Learning to face difficulties and challenges with brave boldness.
We seemed worlds apart, they with their beautiful, spacious houses and me with our two-bedroom rental with scratched linoleum and impossibly stained carpet. I wanted to be a generous and...
Have you ever noticed that anxiety steals your thought life? Like a bird swooping down to grab it’s prey, anxiety quickly descends snatching every good, pure, right and truth-filled thought...
I sat in the cozy chair near my dear friend while she lay in bed dying. Cancer had won the battle, leaving her weak and tired. Visitors came and went,...
After enduring a four-and-a-half-year battle against a rare tumor, expectant is the best word to describe how I felt entering the new year. Filled with hope as 2019 came to...
As I walked into the store the sign read, “Mask Recommended but Optional.” Seeing the word optional brought a sigh of relief because face coverings and I don’t make a...
You might think this story begins with death, but like most stories, it unfolds from a place of love. Grief, after all is an outpouring of our deep love. Losing...
Are you feeling worried or fearful about this election year? When I turned eighteen years old I couldn’t wait to register to vote. Neither of my parents participated in voting...
It’s only day two of the 21 day season of fasting and prayer in our church, and I’m already feeling it. The mire in me rising to the surface. Each...
Have you ever been so busy that you forgot to eat? That happened to me a few days ago. I was going from one task to another and I completely...
Everywhere we turn today, we’re hearing the same sentiment repeated over and over: I just want things to go back to normal. Six months into a global pandemic, and nothing looks...