When you refuse to quit....! It is Courage.
"When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man, “Your sins are forgiven, my friend.”
Luke 5:20
Today's verse reminds me of how faith works. It is not only believing, but it is faith with courage.
• How does it work?
This story in the Bible....
Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man
One day when Jesus was teaching, some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a bed, and they tried to carry him into the house and put him in front of Jesus. Because of the crowd, however, they could find no way to take him in. So they carried him up on the roof, made an opening in the tiles, and let him down on his bed into the middle of the group in front of Jesus. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the man, “Your sins are forgiven, my friend.”
• Realization
These men, didn't only believed but had a faith with courage!
Just imagine how they did it to make the paralyzed man be in front of Jesus. It was not that easy. They climbed roof, opened tiles, carried the paralyzed man up! Its not an easy job.
They should have been so courageous in doing so! If it wasn't successful they could have done more damage to the paralyzed man. And how about the tiles that were opened? Who will be responsible for it?
Think of this!..
But they have courage!
It is being responsible of your own action. Ready to admit own mistakes without placing blame on others. It's relying not on others for success, but on your skills and efforts. This is it!
Those men could have also been more afraid than the paralyzed man- "any way I am sick though". There's a lot of "what if" in doing so....But I see courage in them.
In my life, to face fear directly took a lot of courage. It is being strong enough to ask for help and humble enough to accept it.
• Courage in Steemit
These realizations brought me to Steemit. Waking up early or sleeping late at night becomes a routine now. What if one day steemit will be gone.
....thinking so deep!
My life is so different now with Steemit. Financially I've got break through! My eagerness to improve each day goes with it.
Without courage I can't keep going with this kind of feelings. It is keeping heart in the face of dissapointment, and looking at a defeat not as an end but as a new beginning. It is believing that things will utimately get better as they get worse! After all life can be so good and sometimes can be so hard. You'll never know what each day will bring to where you are.
So have courage, be ready of what tomorrow may bring.... relax and smile..be courageous to wait for a brighter tomorrow.
Let's keep steeming!
Have a nice day steemians!
@fabio2614 this is a motivational write up. Thanks for sharing, in steemit I have found courage to do great exploits. I hope the steem never gets exhausted from the source. Kudos
@antigenx
These are excellent verses and this is a great post. Without courage, nothing great in history would have been accomplished. Napoleon said, "From the ridiculous to the sublime is but a step" So we could be a step away from greatness at any given moment!
you striked it....courage is all..
To just merely believed without pushing yoursel in doing what you hoped for? it's nothing... courage will make you things done.. :-)
Such great words. These words are going to propel me towards being courageous. I need that at this point.
true @tomilolafadipe ... if you declare and push in doing so...that's courage:-)
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