"Courage is a hard thing to figure. You can have courage based on a dumb idea or mistake, but you're not supposed to question adults, or your coach or your teacher, because they make the rules. Maybe they know best, but maybe they don't. It all depends on who you are, where you come from. Didn't at least one of the six hundred guys think about giving up, and joining with the other side? I mean, valley of death that's pretty salty stuff. That's why courage it's tricky. Should you always do what others tell you to do? Sometimes you might not even know why you're doing something. I mean any fool can have courage. But honor, that's the real reason for you either do something or you don't. It's who you are and maybe who you want to be. If you die trying for something important, then you have both honor and courage, and that's pretty good. I think that's what the writer was saying, that you should hope for courage and try for honor. And maybe even pray that the people telling you what to do have some, too. "

I saw The Blindside for the first time this weekend, and this quote from the movie stood out to me. To often, no matter what our position, we forget to think about what the "other guy" is going through. Courage is a hard thing to find in many situations, and is impossible to fabricate. You can maybe fake it for a while, but when the pressure is on, your facade will fall. True courage, true honor, and true power is found only in Jesus Christ and His resurrection, and that is why we celebrate Easter with such vigor. With the Resurrection, we can have courage and honor and power in the face of even death itself, because our Lord has already defeated him. Next time we face a hard situation, we must lean on Christ and His resurrection power. HE IS RISEN!