This past weekend I was in Barnes & Noble, looking for a book someone recommended that I read. I LOVE to read and I knew it would be quite a few months before I was back in a store such as that so I spent more time than I usually would have. I found the book I was looking for and as I went to check out I got sidetracked by the magazine display. I have never really been a magazine person….well beside my yearly subscriptions to Cooking Light and Practical Horseman. Out of all the magazines, one caught my eye immediately, Success, for the sole reason that on the cover was a picture of none other than USHER. I know, I know, some of you are probably laughing at me right now but for those who know me he is by far one of my favorite singers….right after Trey Songz that is.
Anyway,
right after Usher’s article was one on success:
“The sweetest victory is the one that’s most difficult. The one that requires you to reach down deep inside, to fight with everything you’ve got, to be willing to leave everything out there on the battlefield- without knowing, until that do-or-die moment, if your heroic effort will be enough.”
After reading that article on success it got me thinking about how many times in life I take the easy road because I know that if I do there is no way for me to fail. For me failure has never been an option, Im not a quitter and I always follow through on my committments, and I always take my responsibilities seriously. So as I prepare to leave on this trip in 3 days I am beginning to become nervous. This year is going to require a lot of digging down deep for some extra strength, strength that I ma have never known I possess. I have always felt in control of my life and have known that my success was a result of the choices I made. But for the next 11 months my life is no longer about me and my successes, its about giving my life over to Christ for the purpose of extending His kingdom. I know that through it all He has my best interest at heart but that doesn’t mean I wont encounter failures along the way. Surprisingly enough I’m okay with that, because I know this next year is about surrender, stepping out of my comfort zone and living the life the Lord has planned for me, a life full of failures and successes.
“To acheive the greatest success, you have to embrace the prospect of failure.”
Ohhhh and if you’re looking for a good book to read you should check one of these out:
(this is why I went into Barnes & Nobles to begin with)
“The sweetest victory is the one that’s most difficult. The one that requires you to reach down deep inside, to fight with everything you’ve got, to be willing to leave everything out there on the battlefield- without knowing, until that do-or-die moment, if your heroic effort will be enough.”
After reading that article on success it got me thinking about how many times in life I take the easy road because I know that if I do there is no way for me to fail. For me failure has never been an option, Im not a quitter and I always follow through on my committments, and I always take my responsibilities seriously. So as I prepare to leave on this trip in 3 days I am beginning to become nervous. This year is going to require a lot of digging down deep for some extra strength, strength that I ma have never known I possess. I have always felt in control of my life and have known that my success was a result of the choices I made. But for the next 11 months my life is no longer about me and my successes, its about giving my life over to Christ for the purpose of extending His kingdom. I know that through it all He has my best interest at heart but that doesn’t mean I wont encounter failures along the way. Surprisingly enough I’m okay with that, because I know this next year is about surrender, stepping out of my comfort zone and living the life the Lord has planned for me, a life full of failures and successes.
“To acheive the greatest success, you have to embrace the prospect of failure.”
Ohhhh and if you’re looking for a good book to read you should check one of these out:
(this is why I went into Barnes & Nobles to begin with)
The Hole in Our Gospel: What Does God Expect of Us? by Richard Stearns
Mountains Beyond Mountains:The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder
Scared: A Novel on the Edge of the World by Tom Davis
Red Letters by Tom Davis
