Sunday, August 18, 2019

Dear God,

We find our courage in you.  When we feel anxious and afraid but trust in you, we find what we need to step across the chasm.

I remember learning to ride a two-wheel bicycle.  I was five or six years old.  My old blue two wheeler was in the garage so I decided to try it out.  For hours I crawled onto the seat, put my feet in the pedals and pushed off.  First the wheel turned to the left and I fell off.  Then it turned right and the same thing, I fell to the ground scraping my knee.  But throughout the day I found my courage and just before dusk I took off down the street.  If I had quit following my first fall, I would never have achieved my victory.

That was just riding a bike.  I have faced much harder challenges, ones that scared me to death; yet, with your help, I found courage I could not muster on my own.  I have watched others around me rise up, stand up and step forward using a divine courage that came from you.  Why would we go anywhere else?

Holy God,
powerful and mighty,
thank you
for courage
that comes directly
from you.
Thank you
for giving us
the chance
to trust you
and ourselves.
Thank you
for giving us
strength that comes
when courage
is found.

Love, Andrea