Ups and down

 Indeed, we all make many mistakes. (James 3:2a NLT)

  Most of us enjoy finding we’ve made the right decisions, and we can  definitely see the benefits in those. But it’s harder to see any good that could come from our wrong choices. We make plenty of those, however, from the small ones that we often sweep under the carpet, hoping no one else noticed, to some real whiz-bangers.
 Have you ever felt useless and defeated due to having made the wrong decision? Maybe you feel like no matter what you do, you’re never going to be able to make up for your mistakes.
 Perhaps it seems like the blessings you could have received have been lost, and your life will never be quite as good or complete as it could have been.
 I believe that God wants us to see the ups and downs we experience in life through the eyes of faith. Whether we make a right choice or a wrong one, there are many good things we can learn.
 In fact, I think it’s possible to gain as much—and in some cases, even more—when we mess up.
The goal is to use the good and wise choices we make to the full, and to Turn our mistakes into learning experiences. —M. Fontaine

 Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. —Heraclitus

[1] M. Fontaine Activated Volume 19 issue 3