Risk: Fall or Fail?
Since becoming a daddy, I have received a lot of insight into how God perhaps sees me.
My little daughter, Sophie, has been walking for a few weeks now. I love to watch her exploring! She walks, bends down, falls over, gets up, reaches up for something, trips and falls, pushes doors, pulls things down, falls again! I love following her about and just watching her. Each time she falls, she never thinks that it is a failure. It is part of the journey. And she knows that she has to get up again, to keep moving. She risks a lot, falls a lot but never fails.
If I look at Sophie and love to see her try things, fall, get up etc. and love her so much for it, how much more does God look at me and love me even more? It is a constant reminder to me never to stop trying things for God, risking things for God. Even though in other peoples’ eyes it might be viewed as failure, God loves me for trying!
