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Have you experienced a great failure of some sort (e.g., job or career loss; divorce; emotional breakdown; financial ruin, etc.)? How did dealing with such a failure affect your spiritual life?
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A great failure I experienced in my life was a choice to pursue a romantic relationship because I was tired of waiting on God. This negatively affected my spiritual life and took my a long long time to get back on track. Although, I never stopped believing I had a relationship with the Lord, it kept being “interrupted” by my flesh, by my shame, by my guilt of wasted time, emotion, etc. I constantly felt like I was at the caboose of the train. Saying that I know God loves me and can forgive me, but why would He. I wouldn’t.
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Failures? Or is it God’s timely arrangement to turn me towards Him.
I have given myself space to fail – hard on my ego, but with God’s grace – every mess has a message. Simply hook on to Him in times where the failures draw me back to Himself.
