Having Courage

 I have mentioned that part of my purpose in life is to encourage others. I believe it begins with having courage which is in the word encourage. The person who gives encouragement has the courage while giving or putting on courage to the other person. 

I do believe it takes a person to confront or talk with someone who needs encouragement. You may know the person very well or very little however you see that the person needs encouragement. They have lost the courage they once had because of circumstances so you help them to have courage once again.

I believe everyone at one time or another loses courage but can regain it through the help of others or themselves. Children often have to deal with courage when a bully confronts them or they are made fun of or teased by other children. I remember as a kid especially in junior high school or high school that I had to deal with bullies. I know it is not an easy thing to do however I would tell anyone dealing with a bully to stand tall and let them know that you are not afraid of them. Not easy to do but that does take courage to do so. This is especially true if you are confronted by several bullies. Actually I remember being confronted by a couple bullies. I stood up for myself and I fortunately was not hurt. It not only takes courage to stand up for yourself but to go for help to assist you. There are many avenues you can do to ask for help. You can go to your parents who I have to say takes a lot of courage to do so, an adult you know, and you’re older brother or friends. I recommend an adult to try first however that depends how urgent the need is. I found in my experience that bullies usually back down when you stand up to them but everyone’s experience is different.

If you want to know more about courage I would go to a veteran who has fought in a war. That is where courage really comes in. Actually for all of us who have had to deal with discouragement we are in a war in ourselves. This takes courage to overcome or ask for help as well.

Whether you believe it or not we are actually in a spiritual war everyday of our lives. There is a spiritual being called Satan or the devil that is after our souls and if he can get us in any fashion he will. He knows us very well especially our weaknesses and he will go after them all the time. This takes courage for us to fight him off. Still the courage we have most is to ask others for help. Let someone we know that we trust very much that we are dealing with discouragement and they will help you put courage back on.