Using Failure

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It is a fact of life that we all fail in many ways and in many situations. The key of course is to learn from our failures and with God’s help to endeavour not to repeat them.
As I reflect on my many failures a few questions come to mind. How do others react to my failure? Who is hurt or saddened by my failure? What do I learn from my failures?
The last is the only one I can really do much about.

I am convinced that God never wastes an experience and if we are willing we can often learn much from our negative experiences. In the midst of my failure I come back to the reassuring words of Paul in Romans 8:28,

‘We know that God is always at work for the good of everyone who loves Him.’

We see this clearly in the lives of biblical characters and need to accept that it is equally true for us if we will only allow it to be so. Admitting failure is painful, and necessary but the key is how we allow God to work through it making us more useful servants who are increasingly able to identify with the failures of others and so able to honestly encourage them. Failure need not be fatal. It can make us chastened, humble and increasingly useful to God and His church.

Never let failure be fatal. With God’s help make it the first stepping stone to a renewed and enriched life.

– Alan Hermann

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Preceding articles:

Why “Selfishness” Doesn’t Properly Mean Being Shortsighted and Harmful to Others

Failures, mistakes and Initiatives for Excellence and success, Working towards turning a Dream of yours into reality

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4. Failing Man to make free choice
5. Fear of failure, and fear of the unknown
6. At first looking like a loss
7. Are you being swept along by the world
8. Let not sin reign in your mortal body
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11. The mistake is the one from which we learn nothing
12. Opportunity!
13. Seeing the world through the lens of his own experience
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17. Change
18. Joy: Foundation for a Positive Life

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