Brave Is...

Brave

Is not being unafraid

But trying even while you tremble with fear;

Sometimes, it looks like standing on a stage,

In other moments, it is journaling in silence.

Brave

Is risking vulnerability

Because it might bless someone;

Sometimes, it looks like sharing a weakness,

In other moments, it is sharing a gift.

Brave

Is confessing your brokenness

Before Him who enfolds you into His love;

Sometimes, it looks like tears poured out,

In other moments, it is hands lifted up.

Brave

Is sharing your story

Because you want to give Him glory,

Sometimes, it sounds like a testimony of victory,

In other moments, it is a tale of endurance.

Brave

Is stepping into the unknown

Your eyes fixed on the One who knows all things;

Sometimes, it looks like taking new territory,

In other moments, it is being still and simply abiding.

Brave

Is standing out, not to be seen

But to show Him off;

Sometimes, it looks like being set apart,

In other moments, it is becoming invisible.

Brave

Is not fearlessness

But faithfulness to stay the course;

Sometimes, it looks like running the race,

In other moments, it is hanging on by a thread.

Brave

Asks questions

Confronts doubt

Cries quietly

Grapples with anxiety

Doesn't quite understand

But always turns back

To the Cross.

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Susan Narjala

When she's not smuggling chocolate past her kids or drinking gallons of coffee, Susan Narjala can be found writing, baking and (thinking about) working out. She grew up in Chennai, lived in Portland, Oregon, for the last ten years and is now back in India with her family. She finds nuggets of humour in the everyday, and writes about it on on her blog, www.susannarjala.com

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