Live courageously from your heart!
![#004: How to Live Courageously From The Heart [Podcast]](https://heartstonejourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rescue.jpg)
I had the honor of being a guest on Purposeful Pathways Radio with Caroline Gavin; Christian business coach, speaker, author and radio host. Join our conversation as we walk through places in my book Heartstone: A Journey Out of the Midnight of My Soul and some things I learned from life’s struggles.
Join me as I share my journey in Jesus…and how to live courageously from the heart!
It is so hard to keep going sometimes when life is so difficult, isn’t it? We know God has a purpose for us, but sometimes we just can’t see it yet.
The Weaving
My life is but a weaving
between my Lord and me,
I cannot choose the colors
He worketh steadily.
Oftimes he weaveth sorrow,
And I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper
And I, the underside.
Not till the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Shall God unroll the canvas
And explain the reason why.
The dark threads are as needful
In the Weaver’s skillful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern he has planned.
—Corrie ten Boom
Are you ready to start trusting Him with your life, even when it doesn’t make sense?
Have you ever paused and thought about the following story found in Matthew 17:24 -27?
After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”
“Yes, he does,” he replied.
When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or from others?”
“From others,” Peter answered.
“Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him. “But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”
Coins from the mouth of a fish? What?
Seems like a crazy story doesn’t it?
Psalm 91 is right up there with Psalm 23 in popularity and most read. This Psalm exposes life for what it is and who God really is. People say use this Psalm in their daily prayers, for protection, comfort, etc. Professional athletes, such as Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens, displayed this verse on prime time NFL games. Although there is debate if this was sincerity or publicity, nonetheless, millions of viewers saw it and perhaps looked it up.
Many of these commitments are found near the end but I wanted to highlight a couple things before we get into them.
One clear and peaceful Autumn morning on my way to work I stopped at the final red light before turning into the parking lot. Tapping my fingers on the steering wheel I looked at the car beside me as my scattered thoughts swirled around in my head sorting out the velocity of life. Then out of the corner of my eye I catch the scene of falling leaves. I watched one by one as each leaf swirled to the ground as life happened in the backdrop. I tell you, I got caught up and lost in this scene…unplugging from the business of life for a moment.
