Courageous Disciples, Week 5, Day 7

Day 7 of each week is a “Grace Day.” We invite you to pray the prayer provided and use today to rest and review any days that you may have missed.

Pray

Almighty and everlasting God, thank you for the journey. Each day and each week as I pause to celebrate your presence in my life, I am humbled.

Forgive me when I’ve fallen short. Grant me the courage that I need to continue practicing rumbling with vulnerability.

Surround our community with the fortitude to continue stacking trust and vulnerability.

Through your abiding presence, remind me to continue becoming a curious, courageous disciple. Then, help me to use my gifts in our surrounding community to share your love with others. Amen.

Read

Take an opportunity to review any of the days you missed.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Final Thoughts

Thank you for your faithfulness!

The journey to becoming a courageous disciple is filled with joy and frustration and everything in between.

Thanks for staying curious and practicing courage.

YOU are among the brave and brokenhearted.

Manifesto of the Brave and Brokenhearted

by Brené Brown

There is no greater threat to the critics

and cynics and fearmongers

Than those of us who are willing to fall

Because we have learned how to rise.

With skinned knees and bruised hearts;

We choose owning our stories of struggle,

Over hiding, over hustling, over pretending.

When we deny our stories, they define us.

When we run from struggle, we are never free.

So we turn toward truth and look it in the eye.

We will not be characters in our stories.

Not villains, not victims, not even heroes.

We are the authors of our lives.

We write our own daring endings.

We craft love from heartbreak,

Compassion from shame,

Grace from disappointment,

Courage from failure.

Showing up is our power.

Story is our way home.

Truth is our song.

We are the brave and brokenhearted.

We are rising strong.