Most
everyone acknowledges the fact of their personal limitations. To refuse to do
so could prove embarrassing or even dangerous. There is a place within our body,
mind, and spirit that acknowledges there are limitations to our capacity to
bounce back from failure, from poor judgments and bad choices.
It's reasonable to believe that success
and triumph can be as difficult to manage as failure. Stories abound of
individuals who ascend to the top of the ladder of success only to fall off
because of inadequate character strengths to manage success. Deliberate, destructive
impulses may gain control and sabotage success.
After the last supper Jesus and his
disciples went to the Mount of Olives, where he told them they were in danger
of turning away from him due to the temptations they would later encounter.
Peter vowed he would never fall away, yet before the evening was over, he denied
even knowing Jesus. That failure became a
peak experience for Peter's character and faith that would push him forward to
serve Jesus faithfully.
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