We Should Not Let Failures Get Us Down (TMF:737)

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Peace to Live By: We Should Not Let Failures Get Us Down (TMF:737) - Daniel Litton
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       If we lose track of an overall, big-picture’ perspective, it can become easier to give up because all we see is our one failure on this particular day. And then, if we don't have a proper attitude toward our failures but continue to dwell on them, we can become discouraged, and discouragement will kill any hopes of sticking with our objective. It's hard, if not impossible, to remain discouraged and yet determined at the same time, right? We have to get our failures out of our minds, and not continue to ruminate on them or go over them time after time again. Actually, this is exactly what Satan wants us to do. But this kind of negative thinking, this negative focus, will drag us down and cause us to become discouraged. And, some of us know that discouragement leads to depression. It is a downward spiral. It is much harder to deal with our problems later than if we deal with them upfront as they come. King Solomon has told us, “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life” (Proverbs 4:23, ESV). We shouldn't procrastinate, kicking the can down the road.