I spent some time yesterday booking hotel rooms for a trip
we are planning. I have done this
before, so I’m not completely new to the process, and I usually get through the
process without complications; until yesterday.
Somehow, as I was booking the rooms, I did not check over the
information as thoroughly as I should have checked. Later, I was informed that the arrival date
was wrong. Oops! Not a huge problem, I just have to call and
change the date. When I called to change
the date, I found that I had also chosen the smoking section of the hotel. OOPS!
This apparently cannot be corrected; now I’m stuck. I also found that the insurance I thought I
paid when I booked the rooms did not go through. This means that if we have to
cancel we get nothing back. OOPS! This time, I failed miserably. Who among us has not had at least one time
when we fail? We think we are doing
well, and then we realize that, for whatever reason, we have failed! Sometimes, they are not too bad, and we can have
a good laugh and move on; at other times they may feel monumental. I want to encourage you today to allow
yourself “room to fail”. The Bible is
filled with people who, at some point, failed.
Yet, God loved them in spite of their failure. The best part is that, in God’s eyes, our
failure is not always failure. It may be
just what He, God, planned; we were merely helping him out. The awesome thing is that, even if we fail,
when we love God, He can use even our failures for our good and to glorify Him. So, child of God, go ahead make mistakes. God
will still love you. He always has;
always will.
To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. 2Corinthians 2:16 Last break! The shift was almost over. Then the unthinkable happened, this man appeared out of nowhere wanting to know where the flashlights were kept. As we were on our way to the flashlights, I noticed that this man had a very strong odor. I thought perhaps I could get in front of him so that the smell would not be as strong. That, however, was not to be either since; he insisted on keeping pace and walking right beside me. By the time we got to where the flashlights were; I was practically running just to keep ahead of him. I showed him the flashlights and made a hasty exit. If you’re like me, you shower and even put on perfume or cologne so that you will not stink. We are concerned that the smell coming from our body is not offensive to others. As I write this, I wonder if we are as concerned with our spiritual aroma as ...
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