It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees. Psalm 119:71
It is impossible to learn how to walk without falling down. When we open ourselves to growing the way God desires, afflictions will come, pain will be experienced, and failure will be realized. Yet we learn so much from the failures!
Lord, forgive my conscious choices to sin. I am learning more than I would like at times. I am still failing more than I would like at times. But things are different. Your grace makes sense. In some odd way, I am learning to let You love me - through me. I'm worth more than I've ever understood. Help me to walk in Your ways - no matter how many times I might fall.