are you courageous?

Are you courageous?  How often do we really stop and think about what it means to be courageous?  Does it mean to not be afraid?  Does it mean to be a good provider for your family?  To an extent, yes...but it also means to be a godly example for our children to follow.  It means to beat a path through the wilderness so wide and so obvious that our family has no doubt where it leads!  Jesus started the path when he was beaten, carried, and died on the cross.  He willingly carried all our sins, even before we would commit them. 

Proverbs 3:5-6

New Living Translation (NLT)

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
    do not depend on your own understanding.
⁶ Seek his will in all you do,
    and he will show you which path to take.

Lord i pray that i am courageous in your ways.  I pray that i make a path so wide and so obvious that my children and family can't help but follow.  Lord i do fall short of your expectations of me.  I pray that you would cleanse me of all that is not of your way.   I will courageously live in your ways to the best of my ability for all my days.  I pray that I live as the example that you have called me to.  who will leave a godly legacy for the next generation?  I WILL!!

amen

courageous