The World: Day 100 (!!!); 100 Days To Brave

Annie begins and ends today's devotional a little like the way I imagine a conference with her may go...

First, she draws us in with Scripture (and one of my favorites, too!)

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Next, Annie will captivate us with storytelling: 

We will hear about her sending glitter in the mail to her baseball friends, and how she carries a confetti popper in her purse for cases of emergency. 

She will convince us that these are magical and hold the ability to turn a sad day into a great one, a great day into a somehow greater-still one. 

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She may take one from the podium, where she placed it for just the right moment, and she will stand before us, all eyes on her, and she will let it fly. 

Colors and confetti will go everywhere and a few lucky members of the audience may have a piece land in their hair, for which they will boast about how God was clearly speaking to them and the confetti is the evidence thereof. 

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Annie will talk about the magic of the popper, but also turn it into an object of spirituality. She may try to tell us that Jesus Himself pulled the first cord on the first popper over 2000 years ago, and we will shake our heads in denial and yet envision it in our minds and smile. "Yeah", we'll agree, "we can see that...". 

She'll make the connection between how loud it is and how it must be brave to be so loud: wanting to be heard. Known. How we, like the popper, desire the same- it's all that confetti which is stored inside of us. It needs to be released, and when we allow it to do so, when the pressure of the lid is removed, when the expectancy of the cord is pulled, when the aim is facing away at just how far it can go, we'll see it in action: the confetti of living brave. 

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"Here's why: because my courage affects other people the same way that my being near you with a confetti popper will make your life different and better and more amazing.

"Your courage affects other people, and it's just like that confetti popper. When you pull the string off with courage and you celebrate with sparkles, other people will feel like they can get confetti all over the place too."- Annie

Yes and amen. 

Be Brave:

I think you probably need to go buy a confetti popper. 

Then take a picture of yourself shooting it into the air! 

Post the picture online and include the hashtag #100daystobrave.

Head's up, I am not going to the store today. I did, however, write it on my shopping list. ...I'll make sure to share!