Comments on: Snapshots

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:51:00 +0000

I once interviewed a man who was an illegal immigrant into the US before he naturalized as a citizen. I asked him what was the most important thing he could give his children. His reply? failure. He said they have to learn to fail before they learn to succeed. Otherwise, the success will be meaningless.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:19:00 +0000

Great post! I confess, I’ve failed too. But it’s out of those failures that we get to experience more of God’s Mercy and Grace. And through the process, we have the opportunity to learn from those battles to prepare for the next time something comes our way

By: pam

pam — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:11:00 +0000

I love this: “Failure has not been my enemy. Failure has been my salvation.” I, too, have failed so often at my various roles in life. God makes up the balance. Thanks for the reminder.

By: hope42day

hope42day — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:42:00 +0000

But in God’s eyes, are we ever failures or just people who need a little tweaking with hope, faith and love?

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:04:00 +0000

Thank you, Billy, for such a great post! I seriousy needed to read this today. I think failure is really that only when we don’t try again or learn something from it. Thank you for your insights and words of wisdom, and thank you too, for writing for people. (Though I strongly suspect that you actually write for God, and we people just get to enjoy the fruit of that!)Blessings!

By: God's Not Finished With Us Yet...

God's Not Finished With Us Yet... — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:28:00 +0000

Sounds just like the post I made regarding the hard decision to withdrawl Hannah from Kindergarten because she just wasn’t quite ready yet. It truly is our salvation when we fail because it’s God that realligns us to where we need to be. Failing humbles us and teaches us that God is the answer to things; not the dream we invision or where we often misplace our identity, but that God is OUR identity and it’s Him we must find joy in satisfying. Once we do that than everything else will fall in place.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:27:00 +0000

Amen, Billy. As someone who once tried her hand at being a potter (and failed, by the way), we’re a lot like a piece of clay. Everytime I screwed a piece up, I kneeded it back down again and again. Each time, the clay became softer and more pliable. I guess that’s what God is doing with us, making us easier to work with!

By: L.L. Barkat

L.L. Barkat — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:47:00 +0000

I wonder what we think of as success. Maybe that’s something we must reconsider…

By: Chris Godfredsen

Chris Godfredsen — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:36:00 +0000

Brokenness - isn't that the goal? When we have it all together, when things are perfect, are we really in need?

I have failed over and over again, in every way you described and probably then some, brother! What I am finding, or where I am trying to spend my energy, is in the midst of it all asking the question "what do you want from me here, God?"

It is here, in the brokenness that he really reveals himself! "When I am weak then I am strong..."

Thanks, bro!

By: Sherri Watt

Sherri Watt — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:31:00 +0000

I am glad to be one of those you write for!

This touched me today! I have failed so many times only to learn a little more, put the failure behind and turn the right direction the next time. His direction...

God Bless Billy!