“𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘰𝘥?”

Sometimes, the easiest and most selfish way to a so-so life is to turn your back and walk away from a looming battle.

It takes courage to face your giants. 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱. Those who taunt you are mere mortals, trembling behind their shields of ego and depravity. It will be painful and daunting as you gather your stones and recalibrate your single slingshot.

But only when you take that swing will you realize that 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲. When that small rock strikes your giant on the forehead and he falls face down on the ground, you will realize the power wasn’t in your hands after all. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘆 as you charged through that valley of the shadow of death. And you have come out of it alive and victorious. Again. Over and over.

𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤!

“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴; 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥’𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴.” 1 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘦𝘭 17:45-47 (𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥’𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘩)