A few weeks ago, when I was going through a bit of a bad patch [haha, I’m always seeming to go through a bit of a bad patch, aren’t I?!??!], my lovely friend, Princess Sarah, smsed me a phrase of encouragement: “Fight strong.”
Not only did I enjoy the way she phrased this, but it also reminded me of the phrase:
“Be strong and courageous”
We’d both gone on a camp together last year, where this phrase had popped up quite frequently. The speaker had talked on Joshua, and he reminded us that at the beginning of Joshua, the Israelites are camping on the edge of the Promised Land, the seeming beginning of many glorious things which should fill them with much hope and longing, and yet God reminds them to be strong and courageous. Similarly we need to remember that we’re camping on the edge of eternity, and should be emboldened and strengthened by this...
Therefore I encourage you from another book of the Bible:
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." (Deuteronomy 31:6).
Yay! God’s rooting for you! Be strong and courageous! Ride the fire.
[okay, the last bit isn’t in the Bible; it just sounded really cool ;) ]
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hey, soz that you went through a bad patch, and that u can be open bout it.
i like ur reference to deuteronomy hey, its such a cool reference. i can just imagine those israelites standing on the edge of the land and Moses giving one of his monster sermons. his best line, besides the be strong and couragous, is, " now choose life!" life is before them, and they must take it.
it kinda reminds us of the battle we all face, the battle that Jesus is fighting for us, which of course he won already. but its so good to know that even though we are still fighting our battle, the greatest battle ever fought is already wopn by Jesus. so our battles, even though they might suck sometimes, are just the mini-battles that we all face on the road to the greatest victory ever won.
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