the END to SHAME

I am living proof that failures aren't the end, but the humbling opportunity to begin again. You see, we all fall from time to time, but it's how we respond and recover that determines, not the outcome, but how we come out on the other side. You never really know the outcome in the beginning of an adversity nor do you know the outcome as you are moving through a tragedy. But God does. He knows the outcome of every circumstance; and yet His major purpose is to deepen our faith, so that when we come out on the other side, we can highlight His grace.So He allows failure to touch us in order to teach us about His faithfulness. To prove that redemption comes, not because we are perfect, but because we are desperate for Him. Think about it. 

After you've already failed or messed up, there is nothing left to do but to look up and find the strength to get up. And it is right there where God's graciousness shows up. In our shame. In fact, because of our shame.Yes, people will try to remind you of what you've done. But that doesn't mean you have to be defined by what you've done. You see, when Jesus died for the world, He assigned us our worth. He covered our pitiful failures with His successful love. He gave us a new start with each fall and a new beginning with each scar. So even from the deepest pit or the darkest hole, God's redemption can reach into and revive any soul. Therefore, failures don't need to end with shame. Because when you look at the cross, you will see that Jesus put an end to shame.Which means, by God's grace, there is nothing left for you to do but to begin with faith.