This may seem like I am an ipod stuck on repeat, but my passion for boldness can not be contained. The conversion process for different people resembles a chess game. Multiple moves are present in the beginning (multiple good ones at that).However, once you pick your move, there is no turning back. Our initial impression can lead us to either a quick “game” or multiple checks on the move to a checkmate (conversion). People can tell something is different inside of us and naturally people dislike different. Therefore, the only down fall is that we may lose some self-esteem. But to hide the real reason for our difference is a shame. A recent run-in with this happened while talking to a single mother. After a while she got angry with me for speaking about how God has influenced my life. Her observation was that I am an overly happy person that needs to grow up and deal with my own problems (OUCH!!!). Anyways, she saw something different in me that was a full reflection of what God has done in my life and she obviously wasn’t in the right state to want that kind of influence. Could you blame her? She had put up with some crap in her life and males were the main cause of it, so it had to be hard for her to overcome her struggle with me being a man. I seemingly presented something new that she had not experienced before and it made her uncomfortable. Her reaction to me was justified, but I believe that one day she will look back on our conversations and be thankful for them. God gave me the push to be bold, therefore I followed that through, all the way until it knocked me down. I believe that God allows us to fall in order to exalt himself and humble us, but then picks us back up and sends us on our way. We are not running the “business,” therefore, we will not always see the fruits of our labor (so to speak).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP5aVMt66so&feature=related Perfect band name and pretty good song!

Thanks for reading, it has been real!

-Colten