One of the hardest lessons for anybody to learn is that not every crisis moves to a happy ending. Life is seldom like those TV programs in which the hero gets in hot water every week only to triumph over adversity within 58 minutes. In real life, things catch up with us. We fail... and the pain is intense.
To fail at something important doesn't mean you are a failure. The heart of the Christian message is called gospel — a word that means "good news." The good news is that God loves us in spite of anything we've messed up, He lets us learn from our mistakes, and He helps us move on with our lives.
Are you embarrassed over the loss of a job or the failure of your company? Do you know the terrible pain of being rejected and betrayed by someone you trusted? Was your effort to save a marriage too little too late? Did you make the headlines by doing something criminal? Are you reeling from a moral lapse?
You are not a failure — unless you quit, just give up, and choose to wallow in pain and self-pity. You are not a failure — unless you are too proud to confess your mistake and accept forgiveness. You are not a failure — unless you are just too stubborn to take responsibility and to be accountable.
How do you feel about couples who struggle to stay together in their marraige when "failure" comes? How do you feel when you read about someone who has lost it all in a business venture? How do you feel when someone posts a message on social media that they have faced defeat after defeat? Don't you want the best for them? Don't you want them to be stable and whole and to have the chance to begin again or to make it through the seemingly overwhelming floods in their lives? Don't you want them to find a way to move on?
It's all right for you to feel the same way about a relative, a co-worker, or a friend from church. It would be so good for you to communicate that to him or her today - to let them know that you are praying for them and that you are there for them.
It's even all right to feel that way if the person in question is you!!!!!!!
- david langerfeld
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