Hiding
Aching for courage.
My neighbor knocked on my door, and I hid in a back room. I was in sorrow, and did not have the wherewithal to speak.
They called for aid in town, and I ducked away so as not to be noticed. I was busy and did not have time to help.
I left the gate to our village garden open and I did not speak up when asked who did it. I was afraid.
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Now today, after so much hiding, there is a barrier around me. I am used to avoiding where others go, and reluctant to open my door.
But the sun shines, my neighbors smile and wish me well, and the reckoning I fear instead will bring harmony.
Lord, in your grace, forgive me my hiding from the world. Let me stand, be counted, speak, and extend my hand today.
– from the mountain
Consider:
Can I encounter the world today without hiding?
Reading:
“You are not required to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm.”
— Penny Reid
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“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.”
— Mark Twain
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“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
— 2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV)
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