Failure at its finest

So being 100% proud of yourself all the time is just not possible is it? I mean what happens when you fail? Falling down isn't as bad as it may seem. What if every time we fell, we picked ourselves back up with prayer and a life lesson. I think that if we were strong enough to analyze the situation without getting angry at ourselves, that only then we could take a look at what God wanted us to learn from that mistake. Surely there is a learning experience in everything right? I am quite convinced there is. We deal with them daily.. something doesn't go right, we narrow down the reason it didn't go right, and we don't do that next time. It sounds simple enough when reading it to yourself, but how often do we really repeat our worst mistakes? More often than any of us realize. Maybe we repeat them because we have not learned God's lesson in why we shouldn't do them anymore yet. I have said it before and will say it again.. God is so clever. He is our biggest resource when it comes to how to live a fulfilling life. Why are we not turning to Him when we fall down people? Maybe because there is another player in this game of life. We must not forget that anywhere God's light is shining good ol' Lucifer is close behind. He wants to haunt Christians worse than anyone else on this earth. Satan lurks in every corner to make you feel like a failure. His goal is to make us feel bad enough for our mistake to take cover and hide from our Lord. He builds us this beautiful platter filled with shame, regret, sadness, and unholiness and sets it down in front of us to gobble up. DON"T EAT IT!!!!! It is only a trap! God has not shunned us unholy because we messed up again. He wants us to retreat to Him in times of regret and sadness. He is called our Savior because he SAVES! Did anyone else just hear bells ringing?  Or maybe it was just a little sweet chorus in my head singing hallelujah. Thank goodness we have a merciful God, because I am a sinner. Nothing could ever humble you like falling on to your knees and praying to God. We are never too big to show our God how small we really are by collapsing at His feet and praying for His mercy. I have conviction in my heart right now because I have lost the sense of urgency to pray often. I feel like God just poured out of my fingertips what He wanted me to hear, not what He wanted me to share with others. Wow I love mornings like this...soaking in His words.

That is my prayer today, God grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.