day no. 16,352: courage is the crusade of the saved

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 is on behalf of someone else. Courage considers the cities back home and the families who inhabit them. Courage calls upon a man to consider his progeny and legacy as a higher virtue than his own safety. Courage is a man facing death because he values life. Courage is a man willing to lose his life in order to save it. Courage, as such, is the crusade of the saved. Only those who see themselves as seeds are free to be buried under the burden of taking responsibility for others.

Nehemiah 4:14

And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, "Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses."

Courage, me lads -- for our people, for our cities, and for our God.

Courage does not require a certainty of outcome, but a certainty of conviction. Courage knows what it does, why it does it, and for whom it does it without knowing how it will pan out. It knows the value of sacrifice and spends it generously.