Awkward Is Tuition

That could be embarrassing. Hard pass.

Every awkward attempt is tuition — and the confidence it buys can't be bought any other way.

Ask any returned missionary: a thousand awkward doors purchased a fearlessness that changed the rest of their life. Embarrassment endured for a good reason pays compound interest.

Use it when: Raising your hand, bearing testimony, asking someone out, making the call.

Backed by: Romans 1:16 — "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ." Paul, the most rejected missionary in scripture, wore the awkwardness as a badge.

What He’d say

Don't be ashamed of doing good out loud. Paul was turned away in city after city and wore it as a badge. Every awkward attempt you make for the right reasons, I count — and I pay it back as courage.

(His words from the passage above, spoken to you.)

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