LisaNotes offers encouragement and ideas to immerse ourselves in our Word of the Year (WOTY) as we go through month by month. In February, she encouraged us to hear, say and see our word; to look for it diligently to find it around us. Here is what I found.

Hear

I was drawn to a youtube video of Kim Walker-Smith which was her testimony. The title, apparently related to her newly released autobiography, is BRAVE.

There is also the song about God’s love that makes us brave: You Make Me Brave (Amanda Cook/Bethel Music)

Say BRAVE

There are lots of quotes about bravery, these are from brainyquote and the Bible.

• Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true. -Charles Dickens

• I'm not funny. What I am is brave. -Lucille Ball

• Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been. -Alan Alda

• David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the Lord is finished. -1 Chronicles 28:20

See BRAVE

I had to look for a bit of brave around me. I quickly found the Disney Pixar film, Brave. It is a sweet mother-daughter and coming of age story. Though it says we can change our fate within ourselves, which leaves out God’s design of who we are and who he has made us to be. Some of the underlying themes are good.

Maybe it also counts to see BRAVE around me when I agree and plan out time to start writing a bit of fiction. I’m still working out what it will be, but the decision to do it was definitely that I need to embrace being BRAVE this year.

Have you seen brave around you? I’d love to see pictures of it so please post it on the facebook.com/inspiritencourage page to share! What is your WOTY, have you seen it?