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Courage. I believe my mom started using this word because Patch and Kayla from Days of Our Lives signed the word at their wedding when one was beat up / ill / something?! My mom would have to verify. Did anyone else our there grow up watching VHS recordings Mon-Fri with their parents? :)

Anywho...courage got those two through some hard times. I first became sick when I was 9 and with more procedures and surgeries than I care to focus on here and before and during each, my mom would ALWAYS tell me to have courage. Now I'm in a new phase of life and that's still the word she uses.

I say it. I like the idea. God seems to like this idea too! You may have noticed that I've been using Joshua 1:9 a lot of late: "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous..."  Again, I love those words, but they haven't gotten to my heart until recently. The idea of courage, however, keeps coming into my life...so I have begun to think I should pay attention!

Now, enter in a song I love, but never really focused on the lyrics. Needtobreathe's "Hard Love" has a line, "But there's a reason that the road is long - it takes some time to make your courage strong."

That, my friends, is it. The road is long because courage takes time. Maybe that's why Joshua needed to hear it so often. Maybe that's why this current journey has lasted months and still has months to go. Each step has happened exactly when my heart is ready for it to (Praise the LORD!) God has this all planned out. If it was rushed, I think I'd end up in a ball on the floor. But as it has turned out, I need this road to be long because friends, sometimes my courage is wimpy!

Metaphor time! When I crossed the street of my past life, if you will, onto whatever road I'm on now, I don't think I had courage. I had a lot of other things...but that wasn't one! So when I drove onto this new road, I encountered a lot of stop signs. Where I got stuck, needing time for my courage to strengthen, until there was a whole lot of cars behind me, honking their horns and getting mad. Thankfully God is patient and has let me stay put until my courage grew enough to move forward. My apologies to those who were stuck behind me. :)

Friends, does the road you're on seem insanely long? Do you wonder why you're on it? Why whatever you're going through - and this could be good, or bad, as there is blessing in both- seems to be never ending? Maybe it's because God is growing something in you that takes time. It could be courage. It could be faith. It could be actual Trust in Him. It could be a steadfast spirit. It could be obedience. It could even be Joy. It could be so many things. Regardless, the road is long so that something can be strengthened in you...I am confident if you pray, you will find what that is!

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