For The Courage to Do Something Difficult
Ask
Take a step back from the difficult thing you know needs to be done, as if observing it from a distance. Ask, what do I know that is true about it? What do I have already to meet the need? What is the next first step to get it done? What’s stopping you from taking it?
Do
Give yourself a calendar for your hard thing. Perhaps today, you will acknowledge how hard it is for you. Tomorrow, you want to shove it in a drawer and forget about it. But the next day, you’ll take the next right step.
Pray
God, I want to be the kind of person that doesn’t put off the hard thing. Give me courage, today, right now, to do what needs to be done or say what needs to be said. Infuse me with wisdom and grant me your peace that transcends understanding even (and especially) when I’m afraid. Amen.