December 21

Perhaps courage is a basic life quality which God gives us. It builds up the spirit in crises. Moments may come when courage alone stands between us and disaster. In the long pull, across the years, there will be times when we need dogged courage to keep us going when the going is hard.

And what is the source of such rugged courage? It is surely that sense of God's presence when we hear Him say, “I am with you always.”