Joshua 1:9

As children, when we had to face pain or loss, we may have been told, “Be strong, don’t cry, be a soldier”-which amounted to saying, “Deny your feelings” This is not what God is telling Joshua. Instead, he is saying, “I hear your terror and your discouragement. But you can be strong and courageous because I am with you. Your strength comes from me.” That kind of strength does not happen to be artificially mustered up; it simply needs to be claimed.