All these things that had happened to me in my life, my childhood,

Afghanistan, like losing buddies, all this stuff, as bad as those things were,

those things did not lead me to being a closet with my pistol in my hand,

would let me there with the choices that I made in response to those things.

I didn't have to let my past define my future.

I could choose a different future moving forward.

I had a biblical blueprint of how to respond.

It started being a very intentional about saying,

okay, now how am I going to respond to this differently moving forward?

What survival say about it?

Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast.

At this time of year, as we celebrate the brave men and women

who fought for the freedom of our country,

it's a good time to reflect on what it actually means to be brave.

Sometimes, as in the case of our military heroes,

bravery means laying down your life for a greater good or for your fellow man.

Sometimes bravery can mean stepping into something new,

apart from everything you've known before,

to pursue something greater for your life.

And sometimes bravery is the simple act of pushing through something hard

or something painful in order to climb out of the darkness to step back into the light.

Our guests this week have each shown acts of bravery in their lives,

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