day no. 15,795: good courage

2 Samuel 10:12
Be of good courage, and let us be courageous for our people, and for the cities of our God, and may the LORD do what seems good to him.

Good courage:

- risks death in order to protect that for which living was designed; 

- takes responsibility for others and assumes risk in order to protect their safety; 

- considers the cities behind them when facing the enemy before them; and

- acts on the assurance of God instead of the assurance of the outcome.

Bad courage:

- willingly accepts the risks of hell in order to hold on to the right to be the one choosing them;

- shirks responsibilities to others in order to secure comfort and safety for oneself;

- destroys the cities in front of them assuming the enemy is behind them; and

- justifies any action that leads to obtaining the only outcome it can imagine.