Lord, please help me to change - Judith Couchman

A TRU E VIE WOF YouGetting realistic about yourselfFocusing on ourselves takes a number of forms. Wecan become self-protective, refusing to take risks. Wecan develop an elaborate system of self-righteousness, denyingthat we make mistakes in the first place and blaming othersfor our difficulties. We can become self-consumed, eaten upwith guilt for every real and supposed error. But each of theseself-centered approaches has the same results: we do not dealhonestly with failure, and we carry the weight of our pastactions.When we focus on God, the scene changes. He's incontrol of our lives; nothing lies outside the realm of Hisredemptive grace. Even when we make mistakes, fail in relationships,or deliberately make bad choices, God can redeemus. "Penelope J. Stokes ,So What If You've Failed ?