Failure: Not a word
we like; not a description we like to have attached to us by others. But in the living of life there is no escape
from its clutches; it slips up on us unexpectedly and we fall and fail. Sometimes morally, sometimes in achieving the
goals of ourselves and others. Sometimes
it comes with a silent sting and sometimes with public humiliation. Thankfully our God is the God of the second
chance, the One who remembers sin no more and casts them into the depths of the
sea and removes them as far as the east is from the west. He allows us to keep serving in spite of our
spotty record. Some scars of sin remain
long after the failure but no failure is final.
But what do we do - the reality is we are limited to a powerful set of responses to failure in our
lives. To make it simple I offer you not
paragraphs or sentences but words- a list of words to cue your thinking and
spark your imagination and hopefully restore you heart. So here goes.
When faced with failure we can and should…
- React
- Regret
- Repent
- Release
- Rectify
- Refrain
- Reconsider
- Reflect
- Refrain
- Reform
- Restore
- Repair
- Recover
- Rearrange
- Reorder
- Rehearse
- Remember
- Rekindle
- Rely
May God bless you and me as we move forward in spite of
failure.
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