I find myself in the muck far too often. I often feel like such a failure. I ask myself daily if I am an idiot to think I can minister to anyone when I am by no means an example. I mean just when I think I am finally finding some victory, the rug is yanked out from under me and I am thrown into the middle of a battle I was not prepared for. I am quite clumsy spiritually speaking and fail daily... I try to find comfort in the Word... For a righteous man falls seven times and rises again... Proverbs 24:16a Only to hear the voice in my head reminding me of... Last night's rude comment to my husband just after writing a devotional for wives..."oh what a hypocrite you are", I hear ringing in my ears... And how I didn't follow through on a commitment last week... Or reminding me how many times I failed over the past week... Again, I search the Word for comfort... But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all … [Read more...]
The Daily – Big Fat Failure
Sometimes I feel like a big fat failure. It's like I take one step forward and two steps back in some areas of my life. I often ask God if He made a mistake choosing to pick me as one of His daughters! Seriously, I am only trying to be honest with you. I have by NO means "arrived". I am in a daily battle with my flesh and many times my flesh wins. I can be temperamental, blunt, unkind, selfish and downright prideful! I am daily bringing something before the Lord...especially some sort of verbiage I blurted out without thinking! For a righteous man falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity. - Proverbs 24:16 (amplified) THANK GOD for the hope I find in the above Scripture! This verse was written just for me! LOL! I am righteous through the Blood of Jesus and I fall quite a bit. I often feel like I need special glasses just to make it through a day without blowing it! Yet, even through my own self doubts, I find myself remembering to depend on God, and … [Read more...]
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