Title: Quiet Strength
“The Lord is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one” Psalm 28:8
As a man, it’s easy to think about our physical strength but so easily forget that our quiet strength matters more.
Last year, two men I knew each battled and lost to cancer. But, even while their physical strength failed their quiet strength was something to behold. Dan and his wife fulfilled as many “bucket list” things as they could never letting fear stop them. And Steve, gave glory to God during his entire battle. He led his family, never wavering in his faith or accepting less from anyone else.
We hope to never face the battle these men did but there are always battles to be fought. We will face times where it is more difficult to do what feels like nothing but, it means everything to our wife, son, daughter or friend. Sometimes the strongest thing you can do is listen, encourage and love when you really want to “fix”. For example, imagine a dad listening to his daughters broken heart. He would love nothing more than to “fix” it but is powerless to do so. What he can do is encourage his daughter by reminding her of who she is and what tremendous value she holds.
Very often, reminding those God has given us to love of their tremendous worth is the strongest thing we can do.
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