100 Days to Brave by Annie F. Downs

Author:Annie F. Downs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2017-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

As the month went on, the teacher realized a couple of things about me: (1) I did not enjoy being there, and (2) I am the class clown almost always.

So in typical teacher-versus–class clown behavior, she started putting me at the front of the line or calling on me to lead the stretches or staring at me all too often. I hated it. As much as I love being the center of attention, I do not prefer it when I’m exercising. Leave me alone and let me do my forty squats in peace, lady.

On one of the last days of boot camp, we had to complete an obstacle course. As was the case every day, I was the last person to finish. The end of the course was a sprint around cones while holding a weighted ball. I began, and the teacher ran beside me, absolutely screaming in my ears.

“You can do this, Annie! Don’t quit now. You are so close! You wouldn’t have made it this far a few days ago! Finish strong!”

As much as I hate to admit this, it worked. Her words in my ear gave me the push I needed to complete the course, get in my car, and never go back to boot camp again.

(Just kidding. I went back for the last two days.)

My point is, words matter. God wants you to use your words to encourage and speak life. Ask Him for the grace to do so, and look for opportunities to be brave, speaking truth and love into a broken world.

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