Are Heroes Needed?
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[Comments for the Monroe, NC City Council Meeting, April 08, 2025] Dying is not being a hero. Being injured is not being a hero. Winning is not being a hero. Doing the right thing is not being a hero. All of that can be done for the most self-centered of reasons or no reason at all. Being a hero is doing the right thing at the right time in the face of consequences. David confronted Goliath, not because David was anything special, but no one else was willing. He stood, not so much to defend his nation, but to declare trust in Yahweh in the light of Goliath’s affront. Abandoning tools of war, David stood to allow God to work through him. He shouldered the responsibility Saul refused. Mordecai didn’t call Esther to do anything special, but to confront the consequences as no worse from those facing her people. She was a hero for doing what needed doing on behalf of others, as she stood front and center in the line of fire. Creating...