"Failure is an opportunity to begin again more intelligently"~ Henry Ford
Sometimes when we put our all in something and we fail, we think that it is the end of the world. We become discouraged and settle for any little thing because we are afraid to try again. We are so afraid to challenge ourselves and go through the same process again.
When I first started this beautiful walk with God, I wanted to be His perfect daughter, no flaws, nothing. Just perfection! I didn't want to look at sin, talk about sin, taste sin...I wanted to please God. I wanted to be His absolute favorite. I had every reason to want to be perfect for God! Because before this journey, I thought God didn't love and that He didn't want anything to do with me. All lies! He showed me who He truly is and He showered me with His love (RealMVP). So of course I wanted to do everything right, so that I wouldn't disappoint him.
I failed!!! I kept running back to the place God saved me from. I kept running back and knocking on the doors God had closed in my life. I had moments where I would fail and then run straight to God and ask for forgiveness. I also had so many moments where I felt too ashamed to even be in God's presence. Some of my failures made me hide from God. I would think, "nah, God doesn't want a person like me. A person who isn't appreciative of God's love, mercy and grace.God doesn't want to deal with a person who cannot ran away from sin. A person who is always failing and breaking promises made with God" I knew back then that, quitting and going my own way wasn't an option. I needed God! Oh boy, I was so miserable. If God had not come for me, I literally dont know what my life would be right now. I needed God to go on!
I had A PROBLEM among others before I started this journey and it followed me throughout the first year of my walk with God. Praise the Lord that it hasn't been an issue since last year.This particular problem kept distracting my relationship with God. This problem was like a person throwing huge bricks at you while you're trying to climb a wall. It made things hard for me. I gave up several times to be honest! But when I decided to push through harder and harder after every attack, I found new ways to dodge and prevent the attacks (temptations, distractions, guilt).
Moral of the story?
Try Again. Do it again. No matter how hard or rough the process is, do it again. Do it again until you know better, until you have reached your ultimate goal. Do not settle for mediocrity. Do not be discouraged, get up and go do it again.
- The class you failed? Take it again!
- You have sent so many job applications but you keep getting rejected? Keep applying!
- You are tired of applying for graduate/medical/law school so you are just going to settle for a McDonald's job because there is no hope? Dont be silly, you didn't work so hard to give up like this! Keep applying until you get what you want!
I love the story of when Elisha brought a little boy back to life.The story is in 2 Kings 4. The scripture helps us understand that, when Elisha first prayed to God for the boy's recovery, the boy's body got warm. But Elisha wasn't satisfied. He didn't return the boy to his mother and say "here ma'am, take your son, his body is warm" No, he prayed for the boy to be up and kicking! So when he didnt get that,he went back to God AGAIN and prayed for the boy. If you read the story, you will see that God brought the boy back to life.
In Mark 8:22-25, we see that Jesus healed a blind man twice. In two steps! But Jesus got all the power in the world, why he gotta do something over? Well when Jesus healed the blind man, it wasn't his intention for the man to see humans as trees, He wanted the blind man to see people as people, trees as trees. So when the man wasn't seeing things right, Jesus performed the miracle AGAIN!
Repeating things will delay you and will probably throw you off and affect you plans but would you rather be late to success/achievement or fail/achieve nothing all? Also, Gods plans for your life are so much better and they are perfect. (Jeremiah 29:11). So trust God and He will put everything in order.
Doing or trying things AGAIN opens a door of opportunities, achievements, successes. Do not let frustrations, fatigue, pride and hurt get in the way of achieving great things as these are great enemies of again.
I am not sure about that one thing that you have tossed on the side because you are tired of doing it over and over. As you read this, I want to encourage you to not toss it away completely. Know that your next move, your next attempt, will be the best one. And if it not, DO IT AGAIN until you have achieved what you want.
*Drops mic*
(Peace Out!)
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