Bravery

First blog post!

I will be writing one blog post per week with a specific theme. In times past, blogging has been an arduous and fatiguing process, mainly due to the fact that I tend to write run on sentences. Lots and lots of them. 

Truly the purpose of this blog is quite the opposite. I hope to inspire others by passing along the things that catch my ear throughout the week, to pay it forward so to speak. Sharing brief glimpses of quotes, thoughts, prayers, photos and maybe even passing along videos or other blogs that strike my fancy.

So what is the theme of my song this week?

Bravery.

What does this word mean to you?

I read Ann Voskamp's weekly blogs and they are an absolute revolution in my life to say the least. This week I read on her blog that (and I paraphrase) pride is the father of fear. Humility requires laying down pride, and laying down pride requires giving up fear. Bravery looks a lot like humility.

My friend Betsy is one brave woman. She is dealing with Parkinson's disease and I see her playing a humorous and recklessly trusting hand with the cards she has been dealt. I've watched her slow down over the last year, and her attitude reminds me of Mary's as she submitted to God's plan when she was told she would be carrying the Lord of all creation in her womb. 

Allow God the editing rights to the script of your life.

"Character can not be achieved in the ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved." -Helen Keller 

Who comes to your mind when you hear the word "brave"?

In keeping with the theme of my blog, the last thing I want to share here is the song that always calls my heart back to the one who is braver than anyone else I know: 

Click here for the song.