What does being brave look like to you?

Well for me being brave is me writing this, like serious am not even kidding. Being brave can look different depending on our circumstances .I don't know about you but for me, am that type of person that makes new year resolution and try to do them. did you read the part that I said try? well I do try but my fear and self doubt keeps me away from reaching all my new year resolutions. Well I feel like God is definitely calling me to be brave, to step out of my comfort zone and allow him to lead me toward my calling which I still don't know what it is that He wants me to do ,but all I can do is say yes and do the next thing.

When I was a growing up I was a very very brave girl. I had so many people tell me that over and over, strangers that I even didn't know would tell me that too. But as I grew up and saw so much hurt in the world fear started growing in me , self doubt started leading my life which you all know how that goes when we allow self doubt lead our lives.  You all know that I'm a self taught photographer right? I remember my 2018 new year resolution. My first sentence was, " I wanna teach myself photography , start a business, run a marathon , build a secondary school in my village ,and write a book" . I don't know about you but am pretty scared re-reading my writing from January 2018. Those are some big goals!! 3 years later i feel like am still writing the same goals every year. The fun  thing is that when I grabbed my journal from 2018 to 2021 they look so identical even the words are the same. I was like " how is this possible"? As the saying foes " speed doesn't matter , forward is forward " hahahhaha , i grew up with elders that kept telling the story about kalulu (Hare) and the Tortoise,we all know that the moral of the story is  slow and steady wins the race. With that being said, Well I did start my business but am working on growing it, I did start building the school which is almost done but close , I did learn photography but I keep wanting to learn more, I ran a marathon but I never stopped running i want to run even more marathons, and I never wrote a BOOK not even  a word.  I realize that writing terrifies me, because it has to do with sharing your life and your past with others. Sharing your story takes guts! But I wanna be brave, don't you?!?! The type of brave that makes people think of Acts 4:13 " the officials were amazed to see how brave peter and the john were, and they knew that these two apostles were only ordinary men and not well educated. The officials were certain that these men had been with Jesus." Man!! I get goose pumps when I read this, I get inspired, it gives me courage, and makes me brave. God is not looking for a giant person with a big fat brain that screams "look at me am smart" , he is looking for you and me, just ordinally people with past problems and self doubt.

Do you wanna be brave this year?!?! Well all you need to do is do the next thing, take the next step, believe in the one who has called you, take one step at a time and say the next yes. Remember you will hear so many discouraging words, self doubt ,you will get hurt big time, you will cry wanting to give up, You will hit the runners wall like I did when I ran a marathon, you will feel like you are gonna die, you will ask your self questions like ; " why am doing this to myself, why can't I just be like everybody else, is this really what am supposed to be doing, this is stupid I give up, and what is in this for me, what do I get out of this?  You will go through ups and down but Take heart my friend because you Braver than you think, you're destined for greatness , you're born for this, you're unstoppable warrior , you're God's child my friend and his got you. Remember a person of courage is also full of faith. So whatever scares you the most go for it!!! So here is my tip for you and me for this year, that blog? Start it. That book? write it. That idea ? flesh it out. That gift? put it to use. That life ? live it my friend!!!! Take chances and believe in yourself.  You're BORN FOR THIS!!! BE BRAVE!! BE BOLD!! BE YOU!!!!