Dan Berry • November 26, 2024
I love life. I love living. It beats the alternative, as they say. But life exposes us to all the many ups and downs that go along with it. It can seem like a roller coaster as we feel the surge of vitality and joy and then BAM, life hits us in the face and it gets hard.
I submit that in these difficult times we have the opportunity to grow in our resolve. We have the opportunity to seek new streams that will take us forward. Always remember great victories come out of great times of challenge. Do you remember the story of David and Goliath? David would have never realized who he was destined to be without going through Goliath. I am sure you feel like you are facing a few giants right now. I want to encourage you to stay strong. Don’t lose your courage now. Many are suffering and they need us to stay in the fight! You are a gift to this world and as pieces of a complex puzzle, we need to take our place and not give up.
None of us know what the future holds but we need to be there. We need to stay in the fight and offer this thing called encouragement to each other.
The word en-courage is a combination of the suffix en followed by the noun courage. Sometimes we feel that we are without courage. Fresh out! But someone else has it and has the ability to give it to you. That’s what the suffix en means. To input, to give. You can literally give courage to another person by being there, speaking encouraging words, girding them up.
I want to come alongside of you now and encourage you. Take your hand and let you know you are not in this alone. We can do this together! In this season be brave, be courageous, because the giants we face can be overcome.
Brownicity is more than a name, it is thousands of people all over this world that want to be there for you and each other. In your quest to find the courage you need to move forward, reach out to someone in this family and encourage them to stay strong. Stay connected and let the progress of the whole inspire you to keep going.
He has pastored for forty years in Iowa. After pastoring in predominantly white spaces for several years, he began to realize the need to bring about racial healing in the body of Christ. For the last 30 years he has worked to bridge ethnic and cultural divides, a work that has led him into confronting the churches complicity in upholding systems of racism.
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