COURAGE

COURAGE Courage Do you have ALL that you need? We all need courage To sustain a QUALITY of life In today’s world In addition To a life GROUNDED in God and family And in addition To a life BASED on faith, hope, and love We may need courage To FACE another day Of chronic pain That wants to keep us CONFINED to our bed But we have to get up We have to GO ON We MUST find the courage DEEP within us To be an example To set a bar high for others And TRY to meet the bar WHEN OTHERS find the courage To set the example for us We are interdependent But we must find our courage Deep within our own soul Moses Was leading his people To the Promised Land But a funny thing happened He died And the bar Was passed to Joshua Did he Do you-do I Have all the courage That we need To face life’s challenges “Be strong and COURAGEOUS Because you will lead these people To inherit the land I swore to their forefathers To give them” Joshua 1:6 “Be strong and courageous……..,” God said to Joshua And Joshua did lead his people To the Promised Land Good for Joshua God for his people BUT WHAT ABOUT you and me Do we have The courage that we need To be the example For our family Do we have the courage That we need To be A SIGN OF HOPE A SIGN OF INSPIRATION For our friends and neighbors FOR ALL OTHERS EVERYONE has That twinge of doubt At sometime in our life But we fight on WE BATTLE ON WE WIN-from within What about David When he had to battle the Philistine-Goliath He said to Saul: “Let NO ONE lose heart On account of this Philistine Your servant will go and fight him” 1 Samuel 17:32 FIGHT ON-BATTLE ON You have ALL that you need To fight the daily battles In this 21st century LET NO ONE LOSE HEART We may NOT Be healed of our illness But we can be COURAGEOUS-and fight on We may have financial battles and obligations But we FIGHT ON WE may have relationship setbacks But we can continue To be a SOURCE of hope and inspiration COURAGE is defined As mental or moral strength That enables a person To face and persevere In the face of danger-fear-and difficulty FIGHT ON You have ALL the courage that you need NOT only to survive-BUT THRIVE In this world FIGHT ON ROBERT P. WALLMAN 6-15-13 2-4-16