Free To Fail (That’s Not your Name)
Simply Radiant Magazine
By Angel Cantrell
"How many people know? Did anybody see? My God! I screwed up again?!"
Have you ever felt this way? I have. I have become acutely aware of my failings – and yikes! There’s a lot. I honestly have assessed myself and can see how my behavior has and does hurt others. And yet, I have become more and more free to fail in Christ. In Christ, I can look at my ungodly behaviors (from snapping at people to lustful thoughts) and not fear condemnation from Jesus. I can now address my behaviors and thoughts, one by one. Repent, apologize, and retool in Christ to learn from my sins and mistakes so as not to repeat them. And if I do repeat them, I continue to reach out to God and others for help. I don’t and won’t stop my pursuit of holiness and health.
I understand that failing at ‘whatever’, doesn’t mean I’M the failure; because greater is the One living inside of me than He who is in the world.
So, regardless of the laundry list of refinements and corrections that any of us need to make, as daughters of the King, we are still His beautiful, deeply loved princesses. We are free to fail—forward.
“And in it all… know that you are free to fail.”
So if you have blown it and said something, did something to someone or yourself that is not of God – face it / own it. Don’t over spiritualize it. You can face yourself when you believe the Lover of your soul will never let you go and look at you with disappointment. There is NOTHING you can do that would cause Him to leave you or stop adoring you. You are free to ask for help. If you repeatedly struggle in any area of your life…get Christian counseling if needed. Apologize to anyone you have hurt, even if you feel it shouldn’t have hurt them. If someone says ‘that hurt’, don’t be afraid to own it and sincerely apologize. It is never our intent as Christian ladies to hurt anyone (even on accident). No excuses. With a broken and contrite heart… repent.
And in it all… know that you are free to fail.
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