“…but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31
When you hear the word ‘courage’ what picture comes into your mind? Often we may think about soldiers, policemen and fireman; people who risk their lives to defend or protect us. Is real courage restricted so such acts of heroism that they perform? One definition of the word Courage reads “the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. Courage is acting in spite of fear. "Physical courage" is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, death, or threat of death, while "moral courage" is the ability to act rightly.”
What about a wife and mother who doesn’t give up following their husbands sudden death or a person with terminal illness or the suicide on-line counselor? Real courage comes from trusting in God. The Creole word for courage is “Kouray” and these children who attend the Lutheran school in Dondon have ‘kouray’; much like the rest of the over 24,000 children in Trinity/HOPE feeding programs exhibit daily. Every day their witness is seen by their parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents and neighbors who still may be following the lies of the vodou priest; their Christian witness of the Triune God is seen daily as they confront the lies that have been woven for the past 200 years in Haiti. Thank you for helping to strengthen their courage, their resolve…their witness.
Dear Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
May God be with you…Jay