Failure is not the final end

The key to success is not avoiding failure; it is learning how to handle failure.

• Beethoven's music teacher once told him that he was a hopeless composer.

• Abraham Lincoln campaigned for a seat in the Illinois General Assembly and failed. He then opened a general store which failed after only a few months.

• Walt Disney was fired by the editor of a newspaper for lacking creativity.T

• The Ford Motor Company was Henry Ford's third business. The first two didn't work out.
• A teacher told Thomas Edison that he was too stupid to learn anything.
• Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times.

Failure is inevitable!

And I failed a lot along the way. So did a lot of people in the Bible. Adam and Eve blatantly disobeyed God and then lied about their sin. David committed adultery with Bathsheba and then plotted the murder of her husband. Peter bragged about his commitment to Jesus but denied Him - not once - but three times. In fact, it is hard to find Biblical characters who did not fail at some point, but those who learned from their failure and used it as a tool of growth were often used by God to accomplish great things.

"I have come to believe that failure is a necessary part of our growth and maturity as a follower of Jesus Christ. Failure can interpret the unconditional love and forgiveness of God like nothing else can - if we let it. Desperation can be our friend if it makes us crave God and long to see His power unleashed in our lives. Failure is not final but God's grace is."

"At least there is hope for a tree:
if it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail."
Job 14:7

-Live Productively