Boasting in Being a …

Well, ladies, there is this little phrase that I have used so many times, for so many things, for so many people because, well, it has always really resonated with my SOUL.

But what was so neat today was reading how, even though I didn’t know it, God took time to totally show me how this phrase can be found right in HIS Word!

Like, have you ever heard me say (or text or type) 🙂

“Be Bold, Be Brave, Be Beautiful Women of GOD?”

Well, some of you likely have, and some of you are likely sick of it!! LOL! But I am gonna “stick with it” because as I read right in the first verse of Proverbs 28, BOLD and BRAVE are what we are meant to be!

And it said straight to me, “… But the righteous are as BOLD as a lion.”

See? We are meant to be BOLD because of our choice to live according to CHRIST-RIGHTNESS! Like, when I choose “RIGHT” as defined by Christ, I get to begin to live my life with a lot more boldness and confidence in the decisions I make and the directions I take. (Take a look at Philippians 1:14.)

And as I begin to learn and discern some CHRIST-RIGHTNESS, I can take that bold-and-Godly confidence and begin to make CHRIST-COURAGE CHOICES. (Remember all the types of courage we covered before? If not, they are listed below.)

And again, we can see this laid out in Philippians 1:20 — “I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient COURAGE so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body….”

So now we are walking around, inwardly BOLDER, beginning to choose BRAVER, and looking oh-so-much-more “BEAUTIFUL-er” — I have totally used that word before in real life, not kidding 🙂 — because we are working on letting HIM “beautify” our INWARD CHRIST-CHARACTER.

YES! NOW I am working on what will be working BEST for me, (even if no one else around really sees, agrees, perceives or believes it to be). GOD and I know that I have now FOUND the something I can really “boast” about — (Galations 6:14)  and that is, once again, boasting in being a:

BOLD in my Christ-Right-Choices…..

BRAVE in my Christ-Courage-Choices….

And BEAUTIFUL in my Christ-Character-Choices….

And so, it is time to go and GLOW with the only kinds of “beauty” that matter, last and IMPACT — HIS.

How do you see yourself choosing to be a BOLD, BRAVE or BEAUTIFUL Woman for HIM today?

Carol 😉

Change-Choice-TRUTH

TYPES of COURAGE you can CHOOSE:

There is:

1. Physical Courage — when you put yourself in harm’s way to meet a noble goal (like saving someone’s life by jumping in front of a car)

2. Moral Courage – speaking up for others or enduring hardship for what you believe is right to serve a greater good, or maybe for us girls, a greater GOD?! (E.g. stopping someone from bullying a stranger and other deeds that are seen as “doing what is right,” and again for us, “RIGHT” would be defined as “RIGHT” according to GOD)

3. Psychological Courage – the act of facing or overcoming your OWN anxiety, insecurity, and mental fear to either 

1. Show the world your authentic self, EVEN if someone won’t like it! (Hmm, does THAT ever sound familiar. Another piece coming on that — soon!)
2. Experience personal growth, even if it is only a private victory (Oh, sign me up for one or two of those, please! Like, anyone remember the blog “E-transfer anxiety”?) 🙂

Everyday Courage – keeping a positive attitude or taking action despite great uncertainty (e.g. moving into a new city), bad health or hardship (e.g. sharing unpopular ideas … oh, like maybe standing up for what GOD might say is right and knows is best for us?)