Failure Is Not An Option

1 Corinthians 13:8
Love NEVER fails!!!!!

Did you know that in God's eyes you are not a failure?

"Oh but I yelled at my kids today"

"Oh but the doctor has just diagnosed me with a disability"

"Oh but all the kids at school tease me and tell me I'm ugly"

"Oh but I did something so bad no one will ever forgive me or want to be my friend again"

"Oh but I tried for a promotion at work and I didn't get it"

These are just a few things that people might class as things that would make their day or even their whole lives a complete failure.

The thing is that when these things happen...yes we do feel bad..but we don't have to keep feeling bad about it. The sense of failure that we get can either be compounded because we won't let ourselves off the hook or we can decide "ok I'm going to move forward from this and trust God to bring about good out of it despite how bad it looks or seems in my life"

Yes those things can cause us to fall but it doesn't mean we've failed.

You see in God's eyes failure is not an option. God is already prepared for the times when we'd fall...when we'd make mistakes...when life didn't go the way we hoped and planned.Nothing is a surprise to Him.

Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV) says : "¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."

God does not have any bad thoughts towards you at all. The one who puts those bad thoughts in your mind is the enemy, Satan. Oh yes he is professional about making you  feel bad about yourself and helping you beat yourself up and lead you into the pits of depression.

If you have children or nephews, nieces. grandkids...then it might help to remember this. Remember when your child was learning to walk. How many times did they fall flat on their backsides before they eventually got it right?  We didn't admonish them and say "Oh you stupid child why can't you walk already" No we smiled ( and sometimes laughed) at we told them how clever they were and we kissed them better if they fell over too hard.

Well God is the same with us. A loving parent who gives us encouragement when we try and kisses us better when we fall.

You see each day in life we are His kids learning to walk. Sometimes we take a few steps and sometimes we fall hard. But He never ever gives us an "F". It is always an "A" for trying.

So what has knocked you off your feet today? Reach out to God because He has His hands out to pick you up and set you on your feet again and He has arms wide open to hug you and reassure you and set you back on the right track.

Remember you might fall down but you don't have to stay down...Get up and keep on keeping on :)