Brave is not just bold and blue nails with flowers on the thumbs. Or climbing a cargo net when you’re old enough for a social security net. It’s not just leaping tethered off a platform.
Brave slips through circumstances as slick as melted butter. It treads the waters of trials and doesn’t drown.
It forgets the past, presses in and presses on.
It banishes the bitter and sinks into the present to suck the sweet of every moment.
It embraces life single or married or widowed. Childfree or childless. As a parent or grandparent.
Brave is a mother bear doing battle for her babies. It’s an empty womb that doesn’t become a tomb.
It’s a neverending mountain of laundry and dishes and dusting–done.
Brave leans on others when afraid, holds a hand when there are no words.
It does not fear silence or solitude.
It leaps into the unknown. But sometimes it tiptoes.
It knows when to hang on and when to let go.
Brave always picks itself back up.
And never gives up.
Brave breathes.
Bravely still,
Sandy
“Be brave. Be strong. Don’t give up. Expect God to get here soon.”
~Psalm 31:24 (MSG)
With LisaJo and company,
I like your kind of bravery! It’s so tempting to tiptoe, to face challenges timidly, when confidence is called for. After all, he is our guide and shield!
I guess it’s okay to be timid at the start and grow into brave. 🙂
Really lovely.
Thank you, friend.
Nice use of words and imagery. Sometimes it’s not easy wrapping your head around Lisa’s ordinary word prompts. You nailed it!
Thank you so much, Joe. Nice to “meet” you. 🙂
Right, right. Breathe. (Not hyperventilate.)
I’ve had some experience with hyperventilating in the past… 🙂
Bravery today: Cleaning out my son’s room.
You are one of the bravest women I know. xo
Yes, Megan. HUGELY brave. Kudos and hugs to you.
Dear Sandra
I just love Brave to be a personality. It makes me think of that Disney movie of the Scottish princess with the flame red hair, called Brave. The Brave you described is not a person with worldly common sense, but that godly common sense that comes with loving and fearing our Lord.
Blessings from FMF
Mia
wow… so much to say… that was amazing.
“Brave slips through circumstances as slick as melted butter. It treads the waters of trials and doesn’t drown.
It forgets the past, presses in and presses on.
It banishes the bitter and sinks into the present to suck the sweet of every moment.”
I so needed to read these words today. Thank you so much.
I LOVED this… I am going to print it and hang it in our office for all to see!
Well done, Sandy. Love this 5 minute reflection. Love you, too.