Failure is Not Final

Try, try, again!

“For he knoweth our frame…”

Because of this knowledge, He also is aware of our frailties. Therefore, our failures do not take Him by surprise. We all wish we would never fall on our faces, but there is no such animal! Falling down is no disgrace; staying down and refusing to get up is the disgrace. Some people spell failure, F-I-N-A-L. But this is not so. Failure is just another rung on the ladder of opportunity.

There’s a lot of truth in the little adage, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” We are not to lie down and wallow in our failings but arise and walk by faith. As Paul taught, we’re to forget our failures and forge ahead. No past failure makes future victory less possible. Our failures can turn us into humble, brokenhearted people with a deeper dependence on God. No one is ever beaten until he gives up the fight.

Many a saint on his deathbed will realize, with remorse, that what might have been could have been, had they gotten up one more time. Failure shows what a person is made of, and, like they say, it’s hard to keep a good man down.

Success is getting up one more time than you fall.

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