word for the day: brave
start.
the time is coming soon, whether i am ready or not.
i better get ready.
it is completely natural and yet the most intimidating thing i have ever done and will ever do again.
i have to be brave. being brave doesn't mean that you aren't a bit nervous on the inside. being brave doesn't mean you are ignorant of what is coming. actually being brave is counting the cost and going into it fully aware of what it will take and what it will look like.
and no one knows for sure the day or the moment that it will start, but God has left that mystery up to Himself. but i do know it is coming and i need to prepare.
in so many ways, as i write, i think of the parallels to the time before the return of Jesus. i mean, they call it birth pains, right? and here i am, thinking and reading and planning for very real, very physical birth pains in just a matter of weeks. part of me is nervous. part of me is excited.
but i know, most of all, what it will take is all of me being brave.
God has not given us a spirit of fear, but a Spirit of power, love, and a sound mind. 2 timothy 1:7
He has been my Rock to navigate me through 4 births already, and i know He will be my Rock once again. even when things get more intense and the contractions get stronger, i don't have to be a hero. no, i just have to keep my mind steadfast and look at the One who is my Hero and He will guide me through.
He is always faithful and there will be such a great prize waiting for me on the other side - my baby.
someday He will be the One waiting for me on the other side and that will be the best prize for being brave.
stop.
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charis
