“The more you do, the more you fail.”

A thought by Seth Godin (2011-03-01) from his book, Poke the Box (Kindle Location 220). AmazonEncore. Kindle Edition.

In other words if you are afraid to fail then you will never do anything. Failure is a part of the process of success and learning and doing.

There are many people who are still single because they are afraid of marrying the wrong person.

There are many couples who have no children because they are afraid of the pain of a miscarriage.

There was a time that I moved out of the secure job that I had as a staff minister. I had been a part of music almost all of my life, had a lot of success. I also had great days as a Youth Minister and then as the Associate Minister in charge of the Adult ministry for a large church. But I remember the day that I sensed there was something more and I moved with my family to Austin, Texas to start a new church. The truth is I didn’t know what I was doing. I had only preached five times and I knew I was in trouble but I knew it was what I was supposed to do. And I gave the rest of my life to planting new churches

Did I fail? Many times. Did I keep at it? Yes until I retired. With each failure I learned something new. And for sure I found that failing wouldn’t kill me. I’m still alive.

Have you ever thought about the fact that maybe you wouldn’t even be alive today if your parents had quit trying? A pitcher the other day struck out 12 batters but the other team didn’t stop and they won in spite of striking out 12 times.

Jesus while He was on earth has someone in His face everywhere He turned and finally it seemed He was the ultimate failure, they killed Him. But He didn’t stay in the grave, feeling sorry for Himself. No He got up and changed the world. What would have happened if He would have stopped?

What would happen to you if you stop or don't even start?

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