Courage

So, this book I have been reading called Thorn In My Heart, is a great example of courage. I have already talked about this, but I am going to say more about it.


This guy named Jamie has been told over and over again from his mom that he is to rule over his older brother, Evan. These two brothers were born twins, but they were born are two different days. Evan was born right before midnight and Jamie was born right after the stroke of midnight. The midwife had told Mrs. McKie that the older will serve the younger and said that she is to be ready at every moment, and that God will show her when and where she is to show this.


Jamie McKie showed a lot of courage going into his father acting like his brother inorder to get his blessing. At the time it seemed very wrong, but it is what he was supposed to do. Several times while Jamie was serving his father he about gave his identity away, but he remembered what his mom had told him and he knew that he really loved the land would take care of it the way it should be taken care of.


For those of you who had not read my blog before, let me back track a little. Jamie McKie owned the heart of his mother and Evan McKie owned the heart of his father. Mr. and Mrs. McKie were constantly comparing the two boys, one would be stronger but the other would taller. So, when the day came that Mr. McKie wanted to give his blessing to Evan, Mrs. McKie were came up with a plan so that Jamie would get the blessing. Jamie and Mrs. McKie both knew that once Evan got the blessing and Mr. McKie died he would throw Jamie and Mrs. McKie out of the house. Mrs. McKie's plan was to cook a dinner for Mr. McKie and have Jamie serve him acting as Evan. Mr. McKie wanted venison, but only Evan could hunt, so Jamie got two goats and his mom, since she took cooking courses to learn how to use the right spices and everything could make the goat meat taste just like venison. Anyways, so Jamie took the risk of serving his father a meal to get his blessing before his brother was able to.


This showed a lot of courage on Jamie and his mother's side to basically risk everything inorder to do what they believed was right.


Here is a story about a group of school kids who took a stand for something they believed in by protesting and no one thought they would successful in any way. Here are some links you can go to, to learn more and hear about their story:


-http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5489490-tape



You know you don't have to change history or be in another country to have courage. We have courageous people right here in our city. We have firefighters, policemen, men and women training for the army, and so many other.