Courage is fear that has said its prayers. God

Randomly opened up my little "God Speaks Devotional" book this AM and that title was the page I opened up to. Then went to check on any updates on Kenna Emmons (my girl's 8 year old second cousin who has Combined Immune Deficiency and had a bone marrow transplant. She is not fighting graft versus host disease (GVH) and the road has been rough to say the least. Reading through some of her mom's updates I realized Kenna is the the face of courage that knows God and has said her prayers.

How many of you reading this sit today worried about your life and death physical health? Not many.

How many of you reading this sit today worried about what you'll eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner tonight? Not Many (Maybe it's not what you want but most certainly you'll have something to fill your stomach)

How many of you reading this sit today worried about protecting your family from the elements? Not many (because even if you lost the house you live in now, you'd go somewhere to a safe and secure shelter of some sort)

I guess my point in blogging this AM is this... we sit blessed beyond what we could ever even imagine but yet I'm not sure sometimes that what we often see as blessings don't also hinder our growth in Him. I think often the "comforts of this world" leave us too comfortable, too unwilling to step out in faith, with our fears wrapped in prayer, to really live this life.

I believe now is the time to start taking those steps. Read a little wall sign the other day and should go back and buy it to hang above my computer as a reminder it said "Faith: Start where you are and take the next step." Faith doesn't always have to be this giant leap into the depths of the unknown (though sometimes you might be called to do such a thing), sometimes it is simply being willing to take those small steps that in the end add up and put you right where God wants you. And when you wake up one day and realize you are resting with peace in His arms, you fill find that courage really is fear that's said it's prayers.

Go ahead... what do you have to lose? What if it changed your life?

And I think you know my answer :)

Be here, now!!