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Be Brave And Stand

by Carlos Whittaker

There is going to be a moment where it all seems to much.
It is.
There is going to be a moment where you want to throw your hands up and walk away.
You can.
There is going to be a moment where you want to spit in the face of love.
You might.
There is going to come a moment where you want to cower in the face of fear.
You may.
There is going to come a moment where it will seemingly crush every ounce of your spirit.
It will.
There is going to come a moment when you realize you have been completely fooled.
You were.

And let me tell you something.
No one can get up from being hit, until they have been hit.
Resolve doesn’t come from an easy life.
It comes from those moments above.
And I’m here to tell you, those moments I listed above…
As true as they will be in the moment…
They will pale to the moment you realize that you did not cower, run, or hide.
They will pale to the moment you realize that there is more inside of you that you ever dreamed.

They will pale to the moment, you stand.

So bring on those truths.
They will be true in their moment.
But they will not be true for a lifetime.
Be Brave And Stand
Los

Carlos Whittaker is an artist, pastor, thinker, experience architect, and Web 2.0 junkie. Carlos currently serves as Director of Service Programming at Buckhead Church in Atlanta, GA, one of the three campuses of North Point Community Church. Previously, Carlos worked for 10 years as the Pastor of Worship and Creative Arts at Sandals Church in Riverside, CA. Recently he signed with Integrity Music to pursue a recording career and, as he says, “disturb and disrupt the church as a whole.” He blogs prolifically at RagamuffinSoul.com.