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Mistakes are real, and they happen daily. They come in numerous forms, most times in the decisions we make.
Were there times you did certain things, that you prayed the earth opens up and swallows you?
For instance, on a Sunday morning, it’s your turn as an instrumentalist to play a solo for a praise song. The Choristers have sung brilliantly well. The congregation was all connected and dancing and Boom! You played off the beat.
Deep in your mind, you know you what have done. It’s as if everything paused and the whole congregation looked at you. Other instrumentalists tried filling in yet it couldn’t match up to the beat any more. You are so far beyond the beat!
Funny enough, this may mean nothing to you. To the one who experiences this, it is something big. This should help you understand the way you treat others who make mistakes. Your response at such times matters.
Ways to appreciate your mistakes
Learn from them
One way we appreciate our mistakes is to learn from them. Get a lesson from them to avoid making such later on when the consequences may be beyond your imaginations.
There are times in life where some mistakes are beyond excuses. Certain things might have been accepted before but won’t be later on. This cuts across every sphere of one’s life. Just think about it. Be it spiritual, financial, educational, emotional it cuts across all areas.
That’s a place where growth comes in. Sometimes, certain mistakes are made now to avoid making them in bigger choices. Learn from them and trust God to move on.
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Remember your feelings attached to them
Sometimes we forget we have been victims of certain mistakes in the past. When we see others do the same or different we are quick to condemn and humiliate them forgetting who we were in the past.
Remembering how embarrassing it was should help you in how you relate to people who make mistakes. This does not mean that you should condone the act. Instead, it helps in passing your message across.
Teach them out
Mistakes can be powerful tools if wielded well. We can learn from the mistakes of others and so can people learn from ours.
At this point, carefulness is expected. Some people are desperate that after knowing you made a mistake they use it against you. Trust the Holy Spirit to help you know when you should and should not share them.
You never can tell in the process of sharing you can even learn more than what you imagined.
Avoid making them again
At this point, your discipline is not enough to avoid making mistakes. God is a present help in times like this.
1 Samuel 2:9
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Trust God to help you. Your strength is not enough to prevent or avoid making mistakes. Jesus passed through all faces of life and He understands what it is to be at such states. Seeking His help through the Holy Spirit will go a long way to help.
So what are you waiting for? Stop condemning yourself. Rebuke the act and see beyond excuses. Take responsibility and become better. Learn from others and choose not to keep making those mistakes. God’s power is at work in you.
Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand and sympathize and have a shared feeling with our weaknesses and infirmities and liability to the assaults of temptation, but One Who has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning.
Lovely! Thanks for sharing.
That’s good to hear ๐
You are welcome!
Thanks for taking the time to check it out.
Mistakes can be hard to deal with. But I agree with you, the best way to is to learn from them. ๐
Exactly! ๐
We ought to learn from them.
Thanks for checking out on the blog โบ๏ธ
I’m glad you got the message
Great post! Thanks for the reminder that we can always seek help from the master because he cares us, and He knows the way.
I’m glad it is.
Exactly! He knows the way as He is the way!
You are welcome ๐ค
Thanks for checking it out
You’re welcome, Olayinka. Have a wonderful week๐
Hmmm… Very cool, thanks for the reminder. Mistakes can be annoying at times tho.. Loll… Truly said, God’s grace too is sufficient too. God bless you bro
Thanks Goodness.
They can be annoying oooo ๐
God’s grace is sufficient โ๏ธ
Amen!
Oouuuuu
I will stop beating myself over mistakes๐ค
No more blame games anymore young lady๐
Thanks for this post boss๐ค
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Exactly!
I’m glad you got the message ๐
You are welcome๐๐ฝ ๐ค
Thank you so much for today’s post, you never stop making me have a rethink every Friday
You are welcome AY
Hmmmm
Oluwa Seun o ๐ค
I’m glad you do have a rethink every Friday ๐
Thanks for this, now I know my strength is not enough to prevent or avoid mistakes… I need HIM
You are welcome ๐ค
Our strengths are not enough, we need Him โ๏ธ๐ฉ
I’m glad you got the message
Apt. It’s important for us to learn from these mistakes.
And also learn empathy through it.
That’s good to hear
Exactly!
Hmmmm, learn empathy through it ๐
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts.
Smiles
Glad to. You are welcome.
Mistakes are a part of life. A part that can lead to improvement if we allow it… This is a very thoughtful message. I love it.
Thank you ๐
Exactly.
… If we allow it ๐
I’m glad it is ๐ค
You are welcome ๐ค
Thanks so much for taking the time to check this out ๐
This a new perspective to mistakes. Mistake itself has advantages. Not advantages really but attached lessons. It’s not that mistakes are to be consciously made, but since they are bound to happen, lessons should be drawn from them. Thanks for sharing this.
Hmmmm!
“… attached lessons”
Exactly!
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Thanks so much for taking the time to check this out and for expressing your thoughts.
Mistakes mold our experience and relationships with others.๐โโ๏ธ๐ค
Thank You so much, Olayinka Ofi.
Exactly!
You are welcome ๐ค
Thanks so much for checking it out and for expressing your thoughts.
Hmm
Timely lesson
I need to stop giving excuse for every mistake and just learn from it to avoid pitfalls
Thank you Yinka
You’re helped
That’s good to hear ๐
Exactly, we really need to stop it.
You are welcome ๐ค
Amen
Thanks so much for checking it out
Good
Thanks!
Thank you!
I really liked the part of how we react when others make mistakes that we had been victims of at some point..
Usually quick to judge rather than correcting in love.
You are welcome ๐ค
That’s good to hear
Exactly! I hope we all develop fully, that character of correcting in love.
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts.
Thank you for always sharing your thoughts on important topics such as this, to we your readers.
You are welcome bro ๐ค
Thanks so much for checking it out
Very empowering Yinka. It definitely pays to learn from previous mistakes.
That’s good to hear ๐
Exactly!
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts.
You’re welcome!
Nice Post!
Thanks!