What A Failure


Atychiphobia. This is the fear of failure. I'm sure everyone has been afraid of failing something. Maybe it's a test or an audition or just letting someone down. Failure hurts. It makes us feel bad, as if we don't measure up. As a kid, I was terrified of failing. I didn't like standing out, I thought that I was going to get in trouble if I didn't do things perfectly. It was a major giant in my life, as it may be in some of yours.

But I was wrong. Failing isn't always bad. We're allowed to mess up. A lot of things have been discovered by trial and error. We learn far more from our mistakes than we do from our successes. And sure, messing up can be embarrassing. But endurance makes up for that. And someday when you're older, you'll look back and realize that those failures were rather insignificant. They are a part of you.

Because there is a reason for every closed door. And you might be where you are now because of them. So don't worry. I find that failure teaches me to depend more on God. He's bigger than your failures and bigger than your fears.

2 Timothy 1:2
For God gave us a spirit, not of fear but of power and self control

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