Success from Failure?

If I didn't make mistakes, how would I learn? I wouldn't succeed. I wouldn't be able to make a decision any wiser than the last.  Thomas Edison said:

  "Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work."

How did he get there? By trying. Rather than thinking about it as failure, think of it as figuring out what doesn't work. And once he figured out what did work, he succeeded! I can't focus on what doesn't work. Rather, I must move forward, remembering what I learned from the last try, and apply a different method of  handling the situation. Successes only come with failures, and failures come from trying. Trying is the first step. 

Relationship

My life is not what it was.

There's something missing in my life, and that's a deeper relationship with Him. My weak heart struggles with faithfulness. My soul longs for what only He can give. My flesh lusts for what is mortal. My desires are in quicksand between what is eternal and what is temporary. My selfishness ruins me. My thoughts lead me astray. I have dug myself deeper into a ravine of pity and self-deprivation. 

I am lost but for the sake of Christ. He alone can save me. His mercy and grace are sweet like honey. His justice is right and true. 

Lead me in the way, Father. Teach me Your truth. Satisfy my deepest longing. Quench my burning desires for what is temporal. Be my sword and shield. Bring me out of the depths of my self-pity. My Savior, my God. King and Ruler of all. Amen.