Keep trying!

"Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand." Psalm 37:24

"Thank You God for the opportunity. We'll be back... I will never waiver on who He has called me to be..." Russell Wilson, the Seattle Seahawks quarterback, tweeted after the 2015 Superbowl following their defeat. The next day's headlines read, "Russell Wilson throws game-ending interception in Super Bowl" describing the play that granted victory to the New England Patriots. How easy it would have been for him to become angry or slip into self pity and doubt... but he didn't.  He instead chose to say this via twitter,"At 26 years old I won't allow 1 play or 1 moment to define my career. I will keep evolving." http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/russell-wilson-throws-game-ending-interception-in-super-bowl-052624153.html

Let's face it, we've all failed. History is full of people who have failed. Consider this:

- Thomas Edison was told he was "too stupid to learn anything" and made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at making the light bulb. If he hadn't tried for 1001, we might all still be sitting in the dark.

- Henry Ford, known for inventing the assembly line and innovating automobile production, failed at business and went broke five times before founding the Ford Motor Company

- Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas."

- Winston Churchill failed the sixth grade and was defeated in every election for public office until he was finally elected Prime Minister at the age of 62.

Failing does not define us unless we allow it to.  Many times the real victory is found in the loss. It's in our shortcomings and pursuit to win that we learn who God is, and what He wants for us - its through the trials and losses along the way that He shapes us. Instant success can't do that. In those moments when we are knocked down to our knees and can only succeed through His strength, we learn that, by trusting Him we can accomplish anything. These are the greatest lessons... learned only from failure.

Thomas Jefferson, who refused to let failure define him, once said, "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." Keep trying!

Heavenly father, help us to be strong and faithful when we don't succeed. Help us to embrace our failures as stepping stones to where you want to place us. May we never tire of doing good and serving you. Help us to keep trying! It's in your precious name we pray Jesus, Amen. 

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