@theserialintellectual: Most people can be brave for a crowd, a cause or a crisis. Far fewer act on what God says about them when everything in their head argues the other way. That's the hard kind of courage, because there's no audience and no applause, only obedience. You don't have to feel ready. Pick one thing God says about you, whether it's chosen, forgiven or loved, and spend five minutes with it in prayer. Then take one action today that you would only take if it were true.