The Verse (the Petal)
“Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD”. Psalm 31:24
The Scene
A small circle of the faithful stands at the edge of a long night.
Behind them, the proud stride forward as if the world belongs to them.
Before them, the path is slow, quiet, and dim.
They are not asked to conquer anything — only to keep standing, to breathe, to feel, to wait.
And in the waiting, something begins to steady inside them.
The comfort – the tension
The Tension:
Waiting is not passive.
It stretches the heart,
exposes the ache,
and makes you wonder if courage has slipped through your fingers.
The Comfort:
But Jah does not ask you to be unbreakable.
He asks you to be human —
to stumble, rise, cry, mend,
to let your heart stay open long enough
for strength to find you.
The Lexical Brief – diving into the words for clarity
- ἀνδρίζεσθε (andrizesthe) — not macho bravado, but stand up inside yourself.
Be human. Be present. Be honest.
Laugh, cry, hurt, heal — but don’t collapse inward. - κραταιούσθω (krataiousthō) — let your heart be strengthened.
Not “make yourself strong,”
but allow courage to come.
Let the Keeper pour strength into the places that tremble.
Together they form a rhythm: your stance + God’s strengthening.
The DROP (the Nectar)
While the proud rush ahead,
you wait —
and in the waiting, you become real.
Be yourself in the shadows,
and let courage come to you.
Jah meets the honest heart
long before the dawn arrives.
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