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Embracing Courage Rather Than Your Comfort Zone

"You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you can't have both." -Brene Brown I was so encouraged by the above quote. I printed it out and put it above my desk determined to choose courage rather than comfort. But the courage never seemed to come. I spent the next few months in my all-too-familiar comfort zone, watching my dreams come no closer to fruition. I prayed for courage. I would fully admit to others I was struggling with fear. I memorized and prayed scriptures about fear . But still, I stayed in my comfort zone. One day, I was journaling about my idols and how they were keeping me from reaching my dreams. An idol is anything that takes the place of God. As much as we may love God, we all turn to other things that feel more comfortable and enjoyable than God. So anyway, I was writing my list of idols. Fear was top of my list. So was social media and certain TV shows I'd binge watch instead of following my dreams. Even coffee and chocolate made the list.

Faith

The Four Reasons You Aren't Following Your God-Given Dream

God is the giver of dreams, and one day He will drop one into your heart that both excites and terrifies you. You may jump all in and follow your God-given dream or hesitate to get started, but at some point at least one of these four things will come up that will make you procrastinate on your dream: Fear is rampant, but lately, so are all the messages to overcome your fear with faith. Blog posts, books, podcasts, shirts, all declaring we are fearless, we are courageous, we are warriors, we can #doitscared. You may be struggling with one fear or many, but fear is paralyzing and will stop you in your tracks, preventing you from doing the very thing God has called you to do. When the fear hits, you must replace it with God's truth. Remind yourself that you have been called and equipped to do what He has called you to do. Remind yourself that you must be obedient to the calling God has given, regardless of your fear. Pray for boldness and courage and for a reminder of God's truths.

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