Till I bleed…
The line goes like this: “Your love is greater and big enough to bring all the healing our world needs. Our heart is breaking from all the suffering. Though it may cost me ’till I bleed, Lord, use me!” Charles Billingsley recorded that song on his latest album and, along with the words from Pastor Jonathan’s sermon last week on Courage, those words have been resonating around my mind since I went to bed last night. Am I really willing to pray that, “Lord, use me, even though it may cause me to bleed?” What does it mean to really stand up courageously for what I believe is RIGHT? It seems courage is an even harder character trait to take on today that ever before, because there are so few people willing to be courageous! Like Pastor Jonathan said, “Courage is always the opposite of compromise.”
Lord, would You help me to stand up for what I know is right. Our world really is breaking from all the suffering. I want You to use me, even if it does cause me to bleed! Give me courage to stand….
