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The Role of Failure in Life

Posted on May 28, 2017 by expressyourself4him

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Within a 48 hour period, my son Daniel experienced the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.  Last Saturday he placed 5th in the state in Pole Vault earning St. Georges four points.  After the final event, his school won the state track title by three points.  On Monday, playing in an qualifier for the state golf tournament, Daniel fell 7 shots short.  A few bad holes led to his demise.

More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us, Romans 5:3-5.

The apostle Paul writes about the role of failure in life.  Disappointment serves as teachable moments.  Failure allows suffering to change your perspective on life.  If you deal with this in a mature manner, character is developed.  If not fits of rage will likely follow.  Each failure you endure allows growth to take shape.  However, it only depends upon how you respond.

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever, Psalm 73:26.

No matter what you tell a younger generation, sometimes you have to let people learn the hard way.  You can only hold someone’s hand so long.  Eventually, you have to let the people you love sink or swim.  Shielding children from failure will only hurt in the long run.  Therefore, let go and let God use trials to strengthen the people you love.

by Jay Mankus

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Accumulating Stress

Posted on June 20, 2012 by expressyourself4him

I tend to be an easy going person, letting stress or worry roll off my back.  However, as each day passes without a call, email or sign about my future, stress is beginning to amass.  As bills and debt accumulate daily, I feel as if I am powerless as the next wave of stress comes crashing through, sucking me into an under tow of worry.

If anyone understood stress, it was Moses in Exodus 18.  Before Jethro intervened, Moses was overwhelmed by his responsibilities as the only judge in all of Israel, Exodus 18:13-16.  From morning til evening, 6 days of week, Moses tried to settle any and every kind of dispute throughout the land.  Finally, Jethro steps in to help elevate the stress Moses was experiencing, Exodus 18:17-23.  The solution was simple: delegate responsibility to others, train and equip qualified people to become petit judges and rule as the Supreme Judge, taking only the difficult cases.

In the New Testament, there is a solution to accumulating stress, take it to the cross.  Although, it is not as easy as it appears.  Its one thing to say you are going to leave your burdens at the cross, its another thing to actually let go.  Just as Moses obeyed the words of Jethro in Exodus 18:24-26, I need to submit to Jesus’ request in Matthew 11:28-30.  As people wave the white flag and surrender to the Lord Jesus Christ, the tide will wash accumulating stress out to sea.  As the group David and the Giants once sang, Let Go and Let God!

by Jay Mankus

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