Brave...

The gate is wide
The road is paved in moderation
The crowd is kind and quick to pull you in
Welcome to the middle ground
You're safe and sound and
Until now, it's where I've been

'Cause it's been fear that ties me down to everything
But it's been love, your love, that cuts the strings

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me want to be brave, brave, brave

I am small
And I speak when I'm spoken to
But I am willing to risk it all
I say your name
Just your name and I'm ready to jump
Even ready to fall..

Why did I take this vow of compromise?
Why did I try to keep it all inside

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me want to be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me wanna be brave, brave, brave

I've never known a fire that didn't begin with a flame
And every storm will start with just a drop of rain
But if you believe in me, that changes everything

So long
I'm gone

So long status quo
I think I just let go
You make me wanna be brave, I wanna be brave
The way it always was
Is no longer good enough
You make me wanna be brave, brave, brave

BRAVE!

By Nicole Nordeman, from her album Brave

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I love this song! There is just so much in it that makes me go YES! It hits the nail on the head on so many issues that I think we as Christians face daily, but so often we're just too afraid to take the fall or the leap and get out of the middle ground into the Promised Land. Thank you Nicole!