To Be Strong And of Good Courage, The Most Admirable Trait of Them All

Written By: La Luz

What is something others do that sparks your admiration?

We live in a world where the bullies run anti-bullying campaigns, people with unchecked mental health are preaching health and wellness, and the unhealed are navigating folks through healing journeys. That’s just the beginning.

These ironic themes that pepper our existence have gone on for quite some time. We have allowed it to perpetuate while residing in a sleep state they keep calling “awakened.” In actuality it can be semantics to some degree. If you are operating against your interests to some degree, your lids are still a little low. It’s time to rise and see.

The Real Hero

The hero is always the person strong enough, brave enough, and bad enough to stand up and tell the Truth. The truth has a ring to it and it garners the respect of the people.

It’s hard to come to grips with the truth because for so long not only do we not acknowledge what we are seeing, feeling and experiencing—we actively work against our betterment and then complain about it. In my opinion, it’s better to have someone say, “hey, I don’t really like you, but I want you to be safe.” Instead of, “of course I have no problem with you. You’re amazing and you are welcome anytime!” While doing everything in their power to harm me or covertly erect barriers to my true success.

This is the gaslighting hidden behind the “gas face.” Don’t get me wrong towing the line has its advantages. You get to live largely without static. But, the moment you answer the call of truth get ready for some pushback. Most of us have no idea that we live in a state of quasi-mediocrity at times. It’s because we preach that Christ was once a benevolent meditating shaman-esque archetype, who now resides in heaven, and is patting the heads of all the goody-two shoes down here on Earth. That’s not true. That’s the sugar laden milk we feed the little kids to get them excited about something they don’t understand fully. You don’t chastise the church, call people out, and tell people who are struggling to “rise and be healed.” You don’t really beat up benevolent people who live on the outskirts of society quietly restoring the sight of blind people and raising dead people up. That guy would be considered a one man non-profit if he needed the cash. (Apparently a rich man, paid for his proper burial after he died. But as we know, he was already gone. Still a nice gesture though.)When someone like that is in your midst you go and see about the person who is disrupting the status quo, and getting the lame off the streets. Especially when, to some degree, someone feels their abject poverty serves a purpose.

I talk about Christ a lot because the more you know Him, the more you begin to believe in the unbelievable. As a self-crowned theologian, I like to compare his early church wisdom teachings, that rattled the cage of every double-minded individual of his time, to the calm and loving genie he is often reduced to today. I like old Jesus better. The more you think you know, you realize you know nothing. That’s a good thing.

See, if you don’t tell the truth about the most courageous person who suffered intolerable cruelty and humiliation for sticking to his guns—you’ll never understand the suffering in your own life. Regardless of whatever marketing campaign or social media influencer mantra that we are force fed—every person living is subjected to suffering. Everyone. No person alive, due to money, status, ethnicity is able to escape suffering because death meets us all. It is one of the reasons I am a student of eschatology,because it’s best to get comfortable with that fact. It also allows you to have compassion for your fellow man.

To know God is to suffer with Him.”

At times, while we are speaking a truth to power, we are then harmed and temporarily dismantled. Yet somehow we become more refined, and even more beautiful and courageous, through our trials. This is the hope of our calling.

The Courageous

I admire the courageous. The ones that can walk away from a tough situation that erodes their self respect. I also admire the steadfast and unmovable. The ones that are willing to be martyred for a cause. The ones that resist the goading and temptation of the enemy and cause the unrighteous to flee.

Sometimes standing is stronger than running and silence is more powerful than words.

My question today is, what truth do you stand on in this moment ? What principles are you willing to fall on your sword for even if it means losing those closest to you?

Take a moment before you answer:

Do you love what you see when you look yourself in the eyes? Are you able to live with your choices and the truth of who you are? If so, then you win the gift of perfect peace and more.

If not, the challenge for you is to keep pushing. Keep digging. Keep being honest until you are fearless. On the other side of your fearlessness is faith and after that—your real life.

Peace be with you. -La Luz