Vostrikov, Polenin and K-19’s loyal crew could never have imagined all that would be expected of them. Neither could they have fathomed what the price of failure might be for them and for the world when a nuclear reactor malfunctions, threatening a core meltdown and an explosion that would have certainly killed all aboard. As they glided beneath the Arctic seas, it was the crew’s collective bravery and Vostrikov’s daring embrace of his duty toward his country and his men which would ultimately save K-19. . . and stave off what surely would have been a nuclear disaster.

LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA (C. 4 B.C.–A.D. 65):
’Tis nothing for a man to hold up his head in a calm; but to maintain his post when all others have quitted their ground and there to stand upright when other men are beaten down is divine.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706–1790):
A man without courage is a knife without an edge.

DOROTHY BERNARD:
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

MARK TWAIN (1835–1910):
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858–1919):
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

• Joshua Deut 31:7-8; Deut 31:22-23; Josh 1:1-9
• The Israelites Lev 26:6-8; 2 Chr 32:7-8
• Solomon 1 Chr 22:13; 1 Chr 28:20
• Asa 2 Chr 15:1-7
• The judicial and executive officers by Jehoshaphat 2 Chr 19:11

Scriptures about Courage
Prov 28:1; Ezek 2:6; Ezek 3:9; 1 Cor 16:13; Phil 1:27-28; 2 Tim 1:7

Instances of the courage of conviction:

• Abraham, in leaving his fatherland Gen 12:1-9]
• Abraham, in offering Isaac Gen 22:1-14
• Gideon, in destroying the altar of Baal Judg 6:25-31
• Ezra, in undertaking the perilous journey from Babylon to Palestine without a guard Ezra 8:22-23
• The Jews, in returning answer to Tatnai Ezra 5:11
• The three Hebrews, who refused to bow down to the image of
• Nebuchadnezzar Dan 3:16-18
• Daniel, in persisting in prayer, regardless of the edict against praying Dan 6:10
• Peter and John, in refusing to obey men, rather than God Acts 4:19; Acts 5:29

BULLETIN BOARD (Rules)
Post your thoughts in the forum
View or post comments -click here.

Your Private Comments.
I will not post these comments. What are your personal thoughts?  I also welcome your spiritual concerns and prayer needs.  I will correspond with you, usually within two weeks. Click here