Bravery reinforces bravery. Perhaps that is why the Bible repeats encouragement to have courage!

What living bravely looks like to me

How does BRAVE interact with the senses? What does it taste like, feel like?

I was reminded by reading some poetry about bravery this morning that not all bravery is about doing something new. Sometimes it is about finishing what is hard or doing the right thing instead of the easy one.

From testimonies to music to famous people, Brave is everywhere, even inside us.

Joshua is a biblical example of courage or bravery, as my Word of the Year.

Brave - what can we gain by a year of bravery? word of the year introduction

The last few months have been a push and then wait kind of time. Here I am, in the present and content to let the incomplete be incomplete. I am content to trust him and I know God’s got this.

Looking outside my personal experience of the word ‘present’, we checked the Bible and now we can check physical science - relativity and cosmology.

Sensory challenge - how can you experience 'present' by sight, sound, and touch? God makes us a gift by his ever-working Spirit.

The gifts we receive from Christ in the time and place where we are are enormous!

Living in the now has indeed been a present to me. It has kept me from worrying or making lists and being concerned about things that have been too far away in time to do anything about.

Praise the Lord! For he is with us always. Our God is good and showers us with good gifts.

The present that we receive when we grasp grace of salvation does so much more than saving. That grace works in us to grow us into the Christlike character that builds others up and gifts others with the Godliness that he has bestowed upon us.

Present has been about shutting out the noise and being there. The noise and busy-ness could easily set my schedule if I don’t make the choice to do what I do. God is of order.