Courage
Winston Churchill said- "Courage is the foremost of virtues, because upon it all others depend." Think about that for a second. What are the other classic, Biblical virtues, and how do they depend on courage? Integrity. Yes, it takes courage to have integrity. You may risk losing a friend or being popular. Honesty. Yes, it takes courage to be honest with yourself and others. You could risk offending someone or saying the wrong thing. Patience. Oh yes, it DOES take courage to be patient. Waiting is not easy. It takes courage to wait, especially to wait patiently. Fear, if we let it, can paralyze us and prevent us from doing what we KNOW is the right thing to do. Fear is a healthy emotion, but when we let our emotions stop there and live in fear, we stop living. Essentially, we can die in Christ, because we won't make the right choices. We won't step out in faith and take a virtuous risk. We just stand there, thinking about what could go wrong. This