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November 8th, 2008 | 
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If anyone suggests to you that “fun” is wrong and a waste of time in this day and age that we live in, run as fast as you can, as hard as you can in the opposite direction. While there is much to be ’serious’ about, there is nothing in this world that should be allowed to steal our joy, and the capacity to have fun with one another.
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In the Garden of Eden, Eve believed in sanctity of her own rationale. She depended solely upon her ability to understand and make choices on her own. At that moment, she seperated herself from the Father and, as Adam followed her example, sin entered the world. Each of them, both Adam and Eve, failed to live up to the expectations and responsibilities that they were allowed to have. And. likewise, all of mankind was doomed to failure.
Yet, praise God that the story doesn’t end there.
Too many times, we walk thru this life afraid to fail. And, after having failed a number of times, we soon tend to either give up too easily, or worse yet, refuse to allow ourselves to be moved from our self-imposed zone of comfort. Yet, ever since the very first failure in the Garden, we are to expect failure. Moreover, it is only the acknowledgement of that failure in our lives which leads us to redemption in the grace of Jesus.
Grace, in all its fullness, takes place only after the failings that come from our inability of relying upon our own strengths, independence, and self-sufficiency. In deed, without failure, one may never come to know His atoning grace and the plan for our redemption.
Do not be afraid to fail. Rather, be afraid of a stubborn reliance upon one’s own judgement; of your own strength and wisdom to decipher right from wrong, left or right, up or down, yes or no.
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all thine ways and He will guide your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6