A Short Speech on Falling, Failing, and Rising Up!

Hi friends,

No two people are alike.
No two people succeed alike.
And it follows that no two people fail alike.

Now if you have fallen, whatever it be, there are two choices for you:
One is to stay defeated.
Choice number two is to rise up.

Now if you choose to rise up, there are several possibilities.
You can stand up on your own or you can ask someone to help you.
Beyond all this you can trust God to lift you up.

Again, defeats can make you feel good for nothing;
it can make you focus on yourself which ends in self-pity;
it can make you angry at others and cause you to curse circumstances;
and it can even make you resign yourself to whatever has happened.
None of these attitudes does anyone any good; the least of all to you.

So embrace light instead of wooing darkness.
There is no magic formula for success.
If I know one, it is perseverance.
That means you keep on doing what you are good at in spite of all defeats,
failures, shortcomings, mistakes and predictions of doom.

Read the revised continuation of this speech on Sunday Sermonettes #078 The God of Hope Is There to Lift You Up When You Are Defeated

Jesus Is Risen!

*John 10:28, 29 Bible.