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.
Thank you God for how you lead us. Like a shepherd leading his sheep. Sometimes through the words you spoke in the Bible, your written word. at other times, it was the wise words from friends, coworkers,or neighbors spoken at just the right time. Still other times it was a gentle tug, a whisper to our heart to move in one direction or another; intuition or a sixth sense that one way or another was right or wrong Yet, when I listened and obeyed I found the way was clear, distinct and easy to follow. You never leave us to guess which way to go. ...
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