05/30/2026
Courage rarely feels comfortable.
There was a kid in my class once, and he was being brutally ridiculed by a bully. I did not want to do anything. I was scared.
But with my heart pounding, I finally stood up. I stepped in between them, which was scary, and I told the bully to stop. I think everybody's mouth in the room dropped open at that point because the bully stopped yelling at the other students, and started yelling at me. What did I know? He was screaming in my face.
And I still remember this moment because this strange calm came over me. I wasn't even angry. I finally looked at him when he finished his tirade and I just said, "You really don't understand, do you?"
He didn't know what to say to that, so he just walked away. I checked on the other kid and asked if he was okay, and he was okay.
And I have thought about that moment over the years many times. Courage rarely feels comfortable. Doing the right thing rarely feels comfortable. And standing up rarely feels comfortable.
But sometimes God calls us out of comfort for the sake of someone else.
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