The Need for Courage

                I may have blogged about this before, but I have felt a need for courage that is stronger than usual.  I had called it upon the fictional characters of my stories growing up, and now it was being challenged in my own life. 

                But there is also this preference for remaining in the “shadows” of fear and paralyzing timidity. 

                “Do I dare?”  “What are the consequences?”

                Yes, sometimes it is best to pace ourselves in these “unnatural leaps and bounds,” but the need to push ourselves is still there. 

                Find a place of refuge, a childlike trust in Our Father, Who calls for us to do these things not only as practicing Catholics, but as a call to personal growth. 

                Let us go out into the deep.  Jesus is calling us!