It Takes Courage

Interestingly, Yen Yi shared a poem with us when she preached on personal holiness from 1 Peter in our Homiletics class ....thanks for sharing w us sis!

So, m plucking this from her sharing :

It takes courage
To refrain from gossip
When others delight in it
To stand up for the absent person
Who is being abuse.

It takes courage
To live honestly
Within your means
And not dishonestly
On the means of others

It takes courage
To be a REAL an or a TRUE woman
To hold fast to your ideals
When it causes you
To be looked upon
As strange and peculiar

It takes courage
To be talked about
And remain silent
When a word would justify you
In the eyes of others
But which you dare not speak
Because it would injure another

It takes courage
To refuse to do something
That is wrong
Although everyone else
May be doing it
With attitude as carefree
As a summer song

It takes courage
To live according
To your own convictions
To deny yourself
What you cannot afford
To love your neighbor
As yourself

It takes courage
to be holy for God

~ Author Unknown ~