Spiritual Thoughts

D on't carry your mistakes  around with you; place them on the floor and  use them as stepping stones to where you want to go.  ~ Karon Waddell   T each me Your way, O LORD, so that I may walk in Your truth; unite my heart to   fear [reverence] Your Name. ~ Psalm 86:11 (ESV)

  J ust because you have made mistakes does not mean your mistakes get to make you. Forgive yourself and move on .  ~ Robert Tew   B e not conformed to this world, BUT be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is: that which is good and   acceptable and complete.  ~ Romans 12:2

  E xperience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. We all mess up from time to time, BUT we can extract valuable wisdom from those mistakes, grow and learn. ~ Oscar Wilde B e on your guard BUT grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ~ 2 Peter 3:18

  Friday Tale - Things to Know   1. H appiness takes work. You can’t be lazy or entitled to achieve it.  2.     You will make mistakes and they will only define you if you give it that kind of power. If the lesson is learned, the mistake is worth it. It’s your choice whether or not it wins. You are not a prisoner to your past and you are allowed to grow. 3.     The world owes you nothing. It does not care who you are, where you come from or what you think you deserve. Everything you achieve will have to come from your own dedication to what you love. It will not be handed to you easily. 4.     People do not get to tell you who you are. Make peace with your own soul and give no one the power to tell you that you’re something you’re not. Know who you are and be okay when others do not understand you.  5.     Work hard. Never go into anything with half your heart. Respect is earned...

 Friday Tale ~ Learning from Failure           During an interview with a newspaper reporter a famous research scientist who had made a number of very important medical breakthroughs was asked why he was able to make the medical break throughs and what set him apart from others in his field?           He responded that, in his opinion, it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about four years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the cold and somewhat slippery bottle and it fell and broke spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor creating a veritable sea of milk!           When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of yelling at him and giving him a lecture what he had done wrong or punishing him, she said, ‘My son, what a great and wonderful...

  I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself.... ~ Neil Gaiman   BUT speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into him who is the head, even Christ. ~ Ephesians 4:15

  M istakes are never the end of the line  with You, God.  Thank you for your  forgiveness, the ultimate eraser. ~ Unknown   I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide; I said, "I will confess my transgression  to the LORD,"  and  You forgave the guilt of my sin. ~ Psalm 32:5

L ife can be very interesting, if you make mistakes. It means you're trying. ~ Unknown   W alk as children of light, trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. ~ Ephesians 5:8, 10

  F ailure is enriching. It is important  to accept that you will make mistakes - it's how you build your expertise. The trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life's negative moments. ~ Alain Ducasse   L et us discern what is right; let us learn together what is good. ~ Job 34:4

M istakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts. ~ Nikki Giovanni T ruly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and believes Him who sent me, he does not come to Judgment, BUT has passed from death to life. ~ John 5:24

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. ~ Neil Gaiman D o not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, BUT let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God - what is good and pleasing to Him and is perfect. ~ Romans 12:2 (GNB)

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. ~ John C. Maxwell  C orrect me, O Lord, BUT in justice, and not in anger. ~ Jeremiah 10:24

T he sages do not consider that     making no mistakes is a blessing.       They believe, rather, that the           great virtue of man lies in his ability                 to correct his mistakes and                     continually make a new man of himself. . -Wang Yang-Ming B e renewed in the spirit of your minds,    and put on the new man, created after the        likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. -Ephesians 4:23-24 (ESV)

M istakes are always forgiveable, if one has the courage to admit them. - Bruce Lee   I f we confess our sins, He is faithful and just         to forgive our sins, and to cleanse us from all un-righteousness. - 1 John 1:9