Could you use some courage?  Are you backing down more than you are standing up?  Jesus scattered the butterflies out of the stomachs of his nervous disciples. . . .
    We need to remember that the disciples were common men given a compelling task.  Before they were the stained-glass saints in the windows of cathedrals, they were somebody’s next-door-neighbors trying to make a living and raise a family.  They weren’t cut from theological cloth or raised on supernatural milk.  But they were an ounce more devoted than they were afraid and, as a result, did some extraordinary things.
    Earthly fears are no fears at all.  Answer the big question of eternity, and the little questions of life fall into perspective.