The will to courage

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I've never felt particularly called to prophetic ministry, but maybe we all are. I do so want to be a person willing to be courageous.


Thanks to Jan for the amazing image. (Double click to enlarge.)

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Jan said…
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October 10, 2007 at 8:46 PM
Jan said…
Katherine, I think of you as a courageous person. I have that wish, too, which goes along with a poster at this post, which I tried to link, but it didn't work--so it's on Oct. 6 on "Purpose: Change the World!" Sorry I didn't figure out how to put the link there to make it easier to look the poster up.
October 10, 2007 at 8:48 PM
Jan said…
That's an image I'd like to live in to! I think you are!
October 11, 2007 at 12:45 PM
Jennifer said…
I'm way behind on reading blogs I love (ex: yours).
Thanks for so many thoughtful posts.
I'm glad you're just a post away.
Hope things are going better....
October 12, 2007 at 7:14 PM
Diane M. Roth said…
I might need to borrow this image soon. not sure how to do it yet, but...
October 13, 2007 at 4:50 PM
Katherine E. said…
Thank you, Jan. Very very much. You are enCouraging me.

Jiff, good to hear from you!

Diane, all I did was copy, right-click, the image from Jan's blog to my desktop. Then when I wrote my post I was able to copy it from there. Not sure if that's the best way to do it, but it worked in this case!
October 14, 2007 at 4:51 AM
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