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To have courage
MILANIE VOSLOO
IT TAKES COURAGE TO DEMONSTRATE
COURAGE. STAYING COURAGEOUS
DAY AFTER DAY REQUIRES MUCH
MORE... AND LESS...
F
armers and their families often need a lot of courage. After all, they have to take risks every season;
they are at nature’s mercy and the challenges being faced
in our country are not becoming less.
Having courage is one thing. Keeping it up , however,
is something totally different: It means that you have
to carry on doing things that are difficult but the right
thing to do, despite opposition. It means performing
your daily duties without complaining, even if you
are tired and despondent, and demonstrating love and
kindness - even if it is not returned. Sustaining courage means to continue overcoming endless stumbling
blocks. It requires a different type of strength ... or maybe the acknowledgement that you are too weak to do it
by yourself. It may require more dependence upon the
Man of Courage and holding on to Him much tighter.
A deeper knowledge that He is first and foremost a Father to questioning, courageous people.
Sustaining courage does not mean you have to do it
alone. All you need to do is spend time on your knees.
It is there, in your Gethsemane, where He will kneel
next to you and drink from your cup. He will carry your
cross on your Via Dolorosa.
Keeping up courage requires more ... It requires you to
become less ... to enable Him to be more. To enable you
to see the light, through Him, and to being the light.
When you are feeling low, hold on to: May you be
strengthened with all power, according to his glorious
might, for all endurance and patience with joy! Col. 1.11b
Thank you Lord, that I can walk the path of courage with
You. Amen.
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