Ever felt like a failure?

Have you ever made a mistake? Welcome to the human race. It just means you’re alive and human.

The Bible says in James 3:2, "We all stumble in many ways." We’re all living proof of this verse. But every one of us wants to succeed at everything we do, nobody wants to be a failure.

I’ve never met anybody in life who’s said, “My goal in life is to fail.” Everyone wants to succeed. As a society, this puts a lot of stress on us because failure is a part of life. Yet, many people will do anything, including lying, cheating, stealing, even destroying relationships, in order to succeed. It’s that important.

See, in our culture here in America, failure is considered the unpardonable sin.

But, failing isn’t fatal. Because we value success so much, we tend to exaggerate the effects of failure. But failure isn’t the end of the world. You won’t die from it. With failure, you fail, but then you can pick yourself up and you go on. One of the best ways to bounce back from failure is to redefine it.

Failure is not failing to reach your dreams.
Failure is not having a dream.
Failure is not setting a goal and missing it.
Failure is not having a goal.
Failure is not falling down.
Failure is refusing to get back up.

If at first you don’t succeed, big deal! It’s usually the second, third or fourth time you actually get it right. You are never a failure until you give up. Remember, everybody fails. And, failure has benefit. Did you know that one of God’s primary tools in making you the kind of person he wants you to be is failure?