The Lion and the Scarecrow

The Lion and the Scarecrow or Courage and Wisdom
(and how to tell the difference...)

Here is a little secret only survivors know.  People are applauded for their courage when they progress thru some trial......but here's the rub:

This is something only experience can tell someone.  You cannot know it until you are dealing with something monumental.

  Survival isn't heroic and it is NOT courage.  It is simply perseverance.  You don't get a choice but to put one foot in front of the other.  You just keep waking up every morning.  That is all there is to it.  And some days, that is about ALL you can do.  The strength comes from knowing that if the worst happens, and you have to leave your family and friends, it is to wait for them to join you later - when you have the joy of being the one to stand beside Him and greet them.  And that is the secret to survivial.  It isn't courage.....it is knowledge.  Knowledge in that Something and that Somewhere that is bigger than all of us.

So do not call it bravery, call it faith.