“Be Brave” Blog #128
Can I be brave, have courage and tell the truth now?
What does “low self image” have to do with me?
How do I say “No” to disguised darkness?
When I fill my life with courage, it changes everything. Do I have a low self image in my
day to day decisions? Seriously, sometimes the doubting questions and the things I feel I
have to face are like giving me a “Daily Mission Impossible”. It’s time to stop wasting time
with selfishness, dishonesty and lack of total truth in my life. I’m needed at the helm of my
ship - NOW. The Captain on my ship of life is waiting for me, IF I am willing to choose
wisely. There is no need to board the “Ship of Fools” and sail endlessly through life without
a rudder.
For no matter what I face, I remember HE will never love me less for what I do.
My teenage son came home from camp this summer sharing this, “the camp minister
taught me about a Jesus I never knew. He showed me there is room for me in HIS heart.
So I’m trying to figure out how to keep HIM helping me today”. For that one day, I felt he
really got the message. We have all heard these expressions, “Life is not for sissies”. “You
win some and you lose some”. “Here today, gone tomorrow”. Most of us have trouble
focusing on the positives throughout the day! There is always something to set us back, to
turn us downward or make us want to give up!
There is a great book that both of my youngest children read and it became a favorite.
“Hatchet”, written by Gary Paulsen…very thought provoking. This book is about a
thirteen year old boy named Brian Robeson. He is a product of divorced parents. His
mother lives in NYC and his father lives in the Canadian wilderness. Brian is on a small
plane to visit his father for summer vacation. Suddenly the pilot has a heart attack and
the plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness. Brian actually uses a hatchet his mother
had given him, to survive. This book has an amazing message about the power of inner
belief in oneself. Brian has many run-ins with danger. He is attacked by a porcupine, he
makes countless attempts to find help and fails one time after another. When a plane
finally flies overhead and doesn’t see him, Brian attempts to take his own life. He is cut off
from the world for fifty four days yet eventually gets fed up with his fear. He summons
enough courage to dive under the water where the plane has settled, and after almost
drowning, he finally recovers the emergency transmitter from the submerged plane.
The most important part of the book is the way in which Brian gets his courage. He pays
attention to his feelings and remembers positive things from his past. Brian remembers
what an old English teacher insisted on telling him about the “importance of positivity
and determination in order to keep going each day.” By being determined to be positive
each day, one immediately gets the strength to dig deeper inside and “push on”.
Courage must come to tackle the problems of today and things that are in the way,
constantly trying to sabotage and bring failure. By doing this, by being determined to BE
POSITIVE, one quickly defies darkness and pushes it completely away! There is great
power in Positive Thinking. With all the things that happend to Brian, he becomes
changed. He is totally transformed because he has gotten in touch with his feelings and
develops the ability to keep himself thinking positive even in the face of failure! By Brian
finding the emergency transmitter, he was able to send out a signal and a pilot was able
to come and finally rescue him after those long and endless fifty four days lost in the
Canadian wilderness.
I can try now to do what Brian did. I can pay attention to my feelings all day today. I can
tell myself at least three things in my life that I am grateful for. Any minute that I get down,
I remember these beautiful blessings. My gratitude helps fuel a positive attitude inside of
me, it helps me become braver than I ever thought possible. I also start using the
“Alphabet Affirmations”. I start with the letter “A” then I think of ten positive things about
myself that begin with the letter A. I say to myself, “I am awesome, I am amazing, I am
aligned with love, I am accepting of Gods will, I am affirmative, I am affectionate, I am
angelic, I am astounding, I am astute, I am attitude of truth.” Then I go on to the letter “B”
and so on and so forth.
Bravery can be mastered by positive thinking, truth attitudes and the greatest belief of all;
The belief in Jesus Christ who IS my stronghold. I pray every morning, “Thank you Lord
for insulating me in the armor of your highest spiritual steel protection from the tip of
my head to the tip of my toes, I am now protected”.
The definition for bravery is “the quality of mental or moral strength of showing courage or
fearlessness in the face of danger, difficulty, pain or uncertainty”. How many of us face
uncertainty each and every day? By just knowing that HE is showing up for me. By just
believing that HE is truth, light and the way. By just believing that when I close my eyes,
Jesus has my back. I reset my thoughts in peace.
Can I believe in HIM preparing me to feel brave?
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