This is what I have learnt from the Green Lantern. I actually wrote this part last summer if you really want to know.
I got to go and see the movie the Green Lantern today. It was really good. The part of the story that griped me was the war between fear and willpower. The hero was not fearless, in fact he was the type that pretends that they aren't scared in order to hide their fear problems. He nearly gave up but then he was reminded that although he wasn't fearless he was courageous.That got me thinking. Fearless and courageous are not synonyms. You do not have to be fearless in order to be courageous. Being courageous means facing your fears and conquering them.
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery to fear, not absence of fear."
Mark Twain.
Being courageous is not pretending that you are not afraid of something. It is not shown through stupid reckless feats. Courage is standing up against the things that hold you back from God and the dreams that were meant for you to fulfil.
1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
Love is what drives out fear. Love is what gives us courage. Jesus loved us enough to have stakes driven into his hands and feet. Yes he was God but he was also human. Do you think that he was scared to death? You betcha. But he loved us enough to do it anyways. And even though he probably didn't know how it was going to work out he trusted God enough to do that. His love for us not only conquered his fears but our fears as well.
Scared
not fearless
Terrified
but courageous all the same
Going out to defeat the crowd
Challenging the said norm
Knowing that
you'll never come back the same
Facing the fear
Finding the light
Gathering the bravery
To admit I'm not okay
And going to face my fears anyways
Don't be afraid to stand out, That's how the lost get found.
*Last line from Britt Nicole's "The Lost Get Found"
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