What is your biggest fear ...
and what are you going to do in 2013 to overcome it?
Friday, January 4, 2013
My Mistake
If I had my life to live over ... I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. -Nadine Stair
I came across this quote this morning and for some reason it really struck me ... probably because I am constantly berating myself for mistakes I've made in the past.
I have a had time letting go of them ... They even creep up on me when I least expect it.
But the reality is, there is no way for me, or anyone else for that matter, to know in hindsight whether or not we would be the people we are today without those mistakes.
I, for one, probably am who I am today BECAUSE of those mistakes, not IN SPITE of them.
It makes us feel better to hear Dr. Phil and Oprah and even our Pastors tells us IN SPITE of those mistakes. But honestly we celebrate those mishaps BECAUSE they make us who we are.
Now, I certainly don't believe we should be making mistakes on purpose or deliberately ... but I do think we should be celebrating the ones we have already made.
For me, it should be even easier. See, I am a Christian and because of Christ, my mistakes don't matter anymore. I've been forgiven and they have been forgotten.
But the Devil knows my weakness for finding flaws in my life and myself.
I will dare to say that even my biggest mistake, which I'm afraid I will share here, in some ways has led me to where I am now. That doesn't make it right. That doesn't mean I didn't screw up. But it does mean that it forever changed me ... It made me different in a lot of ways and THAT has led me to right where I am today ... which is not where I want to be, but by the grace of God it's not where I was then!
So today I am just going to come right out and say it ... I am grateful for my mistakes. I am grateful that I have screwed up, messed up, done wrong and erred. I might have missed a great opportunity back then ... but then I wouldn't be who I am today! I may not be perfect. I may not even be good or great. But I am who I am and right now that is for the better!
I came across this quote this morning and for some reason it really struck me ... probably because I am constantly berating myself for mistakes I've made in the past.
I have a had time letting go of them ... They even creep up on me when I least expect it.
But the reality is, there is no way for me, or anyone else for that matter, to know in hindsight whether or not we would be the people we are today without those mistakes.
I, for one, probably am who I am today BECAUSE of those mistakes, not IN SPITE of them.
It makes us feel better to hear Dr. Phil and Oprah and even our Pastors tells us IN SPITE of those mistakes. But honestly we celebrate those mishaps BECAUSE they make us who we are.
Now, I certainly don't believe we should be making mistakes on purpose or deliberately ... but I do think we should be celebrating the ones we have already made.
For me, it should be even easier. See, I am a Christian and because of Christ, my mistakes don't matter anymore. I've been forgiven and they have been forgotten.
But the Devil knows my weakness for finding flaws in my life and myself.
I will dare to say that even my biggest mistake, which I'm afraid I will share here, in some ways has led me to where I am now. That doesn't make it right. That doesn't mean I didn't screw up. But it does mean that it forever changed me ... It made me different in a lot of ways and THAT has led me to right where I am today ... which is not where I want to be, but by the grace of God it's not where I was then!
So today I am just going to come right out and say it ... I am grateful for my mistakes. I am grateful that I have screwed up, messed up, done wrong and erred. I might have missed a great opportunity back then ... but then I wouldn't be who I am today! I may not be perfect. I may not even be good or great. But I am who I am and right now that is for the better!
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