“Courage is the mastery of fear, not the absence of fear.” Mark Twain
Do you have the courage to stand when faced with overwhelming circumstances? Have you ever encountered a situation that left you so fearful that you could not move?
Difficult circumstances
A few years ago, our family life was shaken to the core. Over a ten month period we encountered several trials that left us dazed like a boxer getting nailed with an unexpected left hook.
I won’t share the whole story in this post, but I will give some of the highlights of our story of courage. During that period, our youngest son was born three months premature and spent two months in the hospital. My wife was extremely sick during the entire pregnancy and eight months afterward. She had to have major surgery. [Read more…]