Strength & Courage

Strength:

If you want to grow in true masculine strength, then stop sabotaging yours. We must let our strength show up. A man's addictions are the result of him refusing his strength. Let people feel the weight of who you are-and let them deal with it. Don't refuse your strengths. Without Christ a man must fail miserably. Ask yourself, "Where am I deriving my strength from?" Choose humility and take a back seat. If you want to know what the world feels about you then live out your true strength. The world of posers is shaken by real men. Many of us are afraid to let our strength show up because the world
doesn't have a place for it. Fine. The world is screwed up. Let people feel the weight of who you are.

Courage:

Courage is the strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. We give half-hearted attempts at our quiet time when the only reason we have is we "ought to". But we'll find a way to make it work when we are convinced we're history if we don't. The whole point of a devotional life is connecting with God. If we do not have God and have Him deeply then we'll turn to other lovers. It is an honor to be wounded in the service of the Lord. What makes Maximus or William Wallace so heroic is simply this: They are willing to die to set others free.

The place where God calls you is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet. Frederick Buechner.

Life is not a problem to be solved; it is an adventure to be lived. Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive. Don't listen to what the world tells you to do. Can a world of posers tell you to do anything but pose yourself? Two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

In the christian life its not how you start that matters its how you finish. For winning is not more than this-to rise each time you fall. Have the courage to rise up, and keep fighting.

Wild at Heart by John Eldredge