MISSING THE POINT ABOUT MISTAKES

MISSING THE POINT ABOUT MISTAKES

Trying to be perfect is a mean task master yet many of us live in fear of making mistakes and often hide in shame and addictive behaviour when we stumble.

Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.  (Proverbs 11:2 NLT)

Mistakes are a part of life.  Thomas Edison failed 100 times before he finally got the light bulb right.  Henry Ford went bankrupt 5 times before he had success in manufacturing and selling cars. Michael Jordan missed more than 9000 shots during his famous basketball career, including the 26 times he was given the ball at the last second of the game and missed.  Life is full of mistakes, but the winners are those who learn from them and try again.

The Lord takes good care of all those who fall. He lifts up all those who feel helpless.  (Psalm 145:14 NIRV)

Learning from our mistakes means we look at what went wrong and think about how we might improve in our future efforts.  When we don’t know about something we need to be humble enough to admit it and ask questions or seek professional help.  We need to give our attention to what we are doing and avoid distractions.  We need to learn from those who have been successful in their recovery and ask what helped them stay the course.  We need to take time to reflect on a task we have done or on what happened in our day and determine if anything went wrong, and if something did, promptly admit it and take any necessary action. 

Even if good people fall seven times, they will get back up. (Proverbs 24:16a CEV)

If we make a mistake, the worst thing we can do is pretend it never happened.  It does no good to bluster our way around or try to hide it.  The quicker we admit we got it wrong, the quicker we can build on the lesson learned.  Let’s get active and try, and then try again, until we get things right.

If you don’t confess your sins, you will be a failure. But God will be merciful if you confess your sins and give them up.  (Proverbs 28:13 CEV)

Prayer: Heavenly Father, Help me to see my mistakes from Your perspective. When I stumble help me to learn from it, say sorry, get up, live in today, and move on with You.  Amen