When you read the title of my blog post today, what did you think about? A meeting that never happened because the other person didn’t turn up; A date when you were stood-up; A time when a close friend failed you and you felt let down. Well, the last example above was actually what I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘fail’
Let Down
Posted: March 29, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: experience, fail, faithful, God, honest, secret, Steven Curtis Chapman, trustworthy, Twila Paris
Promises Promises
Posted: January 31, 2012 in friendship, life, love, music, religionTags: Christianity, fail, God, Martins, promise, Religion and Spirituality, stuart townend
How many times have you promised to do something for someone, but had no intention of fulfilling that promise? How many times has someone promised to do something for you but they haven’t done so? We shouldn’t make promises we’re not going to keep, as failure to keep them can often hurt or upset the [...]
Is All of Me Enough?
Posted: November 9, 2011 in family, friendship, Health, life, love, music, pray, prayer, religionTags: bible, Christ, Christianity, Churches of God, Denominations, fail, God, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality, Steven Curtis Chapman
I fell at times that the time and effort I give for others just doesn’t seem either enough or good enough. This week has been no different, as I’ve felt several times as though no matter how much I do, and how much time I spend helping and doing things for others, I still seem to [...]
What Faith Can Do
Posted: July 15, 2010 in religionTags: courage, fail, faith, family friend poems, God, Kutless, reassurance, truth
Faith By Family Friend Poems To have faith is to defy logic. It takes faith to think positively.It takes faith to believe that there is a loving God who cares deeply about our pain. To believe in life, the universe, or yourself after numerous failures is to have courage. Faith is an act of courage. [...]
Fear of Failure
Posted: November 29, 2009 in life, religionTags: fail, fear, forgive, God, Jesus, Lord, perfect, Psalm
Have you ever been really disappointed with yourself? Personally I’m a bit of a perfectionist, as those who work with me will tell you. I expect perfection from myself in everything I do, work related and everything else. Realistically that is very difficult for me to ever achieve. After all there has only ever been [...]
New Start
Posted: November 28, 2009 in life, religionTags: Christ, fail, forgive, God, heart, John, private, public, rebecca st. james, start
Have you ever done something so bad that you felt you could never be forgiven? Have you ever committed a private sin that have been made horribly public? Have you ever felt like you’ve been “caught in the act” by someone? No matter the level of your sin, or who knows about it, Jesus, our [...]
The Effort Matters
Posted: October 18, 2009 in life, love, religionTags: Chris Tomlin, effort, fail, God, pressure, win
We live in a world where there’s a lot of pressure to succeed at all we do. Sometimes there’s so much pressure on us to succeed, it’s not surprising when we fail.It can be soul destroying when we fail, particularly when we’ve put a lot of effort into the task. But just because we having [...]