Saturday, September 2, 2017

Daring Greatly


The only failure is not daring to do great things. You are not a failure. Dream big. Desire the world. Put all hope in Him. Victory is yours because Christ has already prepared the way for you.

September’s Awakening, Day 2

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

 —Theodore Roosevelt  

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

 —Abraham Lincoln 

 

for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes. Proverbs 24:16 NIV

 

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26 NIV

 

            Failure is not attempting to do more than you’ve done before. Failure is not trying at all. Failure is quitting when the going gets tough, when victory is just around the corner. Failure is succumbing to the pressures of the world and abandoning your dreams, hopes, and desires.

            You are not a failure. You are a unique, loved, and essential tool in the hands of the Master who’s encouraging you to take the next step and beckoning you onward. Success and victory are yours because He has already prepared the way for you. You just need to walk down His path— when you fall, get back up again, when obstacles come, hurdling or redirection may be necessary. Just don’t stop and don’t stand still. Move ever forward with Him to success and victory.

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