We All Make MISTAKES

We all make mistakes--but God isn't as concerned when we make a mistake as He is about what we do after we make a mistake.

Some people try to HIDE their mistakes; some RUN from their mistakes; others QUIT trying when they make a mistake.  But, a few, LEARN from their mistakes and try...try again until they learn the right way.

"You never really fail unless you fail to try!"

CHAMPIONS keep on trying until they win whereas CHUMPS quit--fail to finish; therefore they are known as "losers."

Proclaimed PERFECTIONISTS pride themselves on their accomplishments, but torment themselves if they make a mistake.  The personality of a perfectionist is distorted and polluted with unrealistic expectations--demanding perfection from themselves (and others)--punishing rather than extending grace.

King David made more serious mistakes than most anybody.  Yet, God said to him:  "David, you're a man after My own heart!"  How could God say that?  David had Bathsheba's husband murdered after he had committed adultery with her.  I'll tell you why:  Because David could confess his mistakes (he "owned" them and took responsibility for them).  He asked forgiveness and repented; therefore, God forgave him and restored him to a right relationship with Him.

I never want to forget my mistakes.  I want to learn from them and grow from them.  Mistakes are like the MARKS we make on the doorpost to measure the GROWTH of our children.  That's how God looks at our MISTAKES, if we grow from them!

GROW in His grace and you'll be a WINNER!

[I Samuel 13:14/16:7]