The Value of Failures

Failure does not mean you are a failure!

There is a value to failure. People who end up accomplishing much often experience failures. They make mistakes and have setbacks. But! They always fall foreword. Thomas Edison said this about President Wilson, "They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward." Learn from your mistakes and press forward.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. -Php 3:14

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The Differences Between Mistakes and Poor Choices

Many people do not understand the difference between a mistake and a choice.  Andy Andrews in this book The Noticer give us a great example.

“If you are lost, wandering through a forest in the dark, unable to see, unaware that a cliff is nearby, and you stumble off the cliff and break your neck, that is a mistake. 
But let’s say it’s broad daylight. You are meandering about in a forest you’ve been told never to enter. There are No Trespassing signs everywhere, but you think you can slip in and slip out and not get caught. Now, again let’s say you fall off a cliff and break your neck…that, my friend, was not a mistake. It was a conscious choice.” (Pg. 117-118)

Wrong doing by choice demands you "Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance." You do so by making right choices and by accepting personal responsibility for the wrong. 

Yesterday is Gone

Yesterday is gone. Waste no time fretting over past mistakes nor in idle dreams of how it once was. Embrace today with hope because with Jesus as your LORD there is no limit to what can be accomplished! Share 

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Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. -Philippians 3:13

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Take Ownership

Take ownership of your mistakes. Never try to blame others; and never try to cover them up! You will only compound the problem with more mistakes and lose the respect of others. Confess your mistakes. You will be a better person for doing so.

“A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” -John Burroughs

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. -1 John 1:10 

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Assuming VS Knowing

Assuming and knowing are two different things. Assuming someone knows what you are thinking leads to both mistakes and misunderstanding. Attempt to always make your intentions clear and never assume people know what you are thinking.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. -James 1:5

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