2010!

wow!...it is 2010!...even though this entry is coming in rather late, i still felt a need to come in Here and appreciate God for his mercies and grace, for showing me love and strength in my weakness....i just discovered something great...i was doing my usual thinking while reading a book and the book was talking about courage and it went ahead to mention couple of people who gave themselves up and over for a good cause...i always wondered what the mind set of those men and women was or is? i always wondered if their moments of standing up for such unpopular believes, if they were scared? did they doubt ? did they wonder were God was? and i discovered that all this people shared the same thoughts as many of us....they had their moments of fear, passion, tears, love, anger, doubt....but they pushed through that fear for the greater purpose bigger than themselves. So i have redefined what courage means to me " courage is not the denial of fear and doubt or even pain but the acceptance that those feelings are normal and allowing your weakness to push you into the hands of christ, so that through his spirit that is residing in, you would do the unmiginable that is why the bible says in 2cor 12:9 "my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness" therefore i will boast all the more gladly of my weakness, so that the power of christ may rest upon me.....So the answer to courage is the power of CHRIST! I have always wondered about those things and it is interesting to note that everything that pertains to life can be found in Christ Jesus.