Failure is an Option so Learn from It

     Failure is one of those things that most of us try quite hard to avoid, yet I hear successful people say over and over, it is what made them who they are today. Colin Powell once said, “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

     For me, Romans 5:3-5 (NIV) speaks to why we fail in life and why we must continue to pick ourselves back up, “Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” 

     Peter failed three times by denying Christ Jesus. He wept bitterly when he recognized his sin. Jesus forgave him and gave him a great ministry. I wonder if Peter would have been so bold for Christ if he hadn't failed so miserably to begin with in his walk with the Lord. I wonder how many opportunities have slipped through my own hands to reach the lost  due to my fear of failure.
     What about you? Are your hands and feet bound by your own limitations, inabilities to release your past or to forgive yourself or others for failures long ago?

     Today's a new day, embrace your freedom in Christ and relinquish your failures, call them learning opportunities, and move into your future, if not for you, for Christ and for others who need you. You are needed more than you know.

Lamentations 3:23

Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 

They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.