Hello,
It is now 1am in the
morning (or night) and I am profoundly overcome with the concept of
what it means to be bold and daring.
What does it truly mean
to be bold and daring?
Being Bold is described
as “Showing an ability to take risks; confident and courageous.”
to be daring is to be “venturesomely bold in action or thought”.
Hence I sit here wondering am I either of these?
The reason I ask myself
these questions is this, I've been a Christian the entirety of my
life. Since before I can remember I have been, since before I knew
what a Christian was I have followed God. Yet I would never define
myself as a 'Bold' Christian, or a 'Daring' Christian let alone even
remotely courageous.
I am terrified to share
with people that I am a Christian (more than my name), fearful to
share in case I offend them, upset them. It gets worse, I fear most
of all what people will think of me if they found out 'my secret'.
But at some point or another we have to make a choice, am I going to
stand boldly or stand at all?
So here I sit, 1am in
the morning making a choice to live boldly, not in fear!
What does that look
like is a difficult question, what does that make life look like even
more difficult, and what is the cost going to be. All tough
questions. Life is a journey that for once I plan to live in
courageously.
Christian Sawka
Just read your post after doing a search for how to be bold as a Christian. I, too, am constantly struggling for fear of alienating people. Because even atheists can be kind and sensitive, I am trying to let my Christianity "leak" out in slightly obvious ways, but it is hard not to look wishy-washy! I will say a prayer for you!
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