Daily Devotional 4/12/26

Psalm 73:26 (NKJV): My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

I do not have the time and the space to discuss all the ways that I have failed over the course of my life. I have succeeded at something things, but I have failed at many more things. I can confidently say that failure is a part of life. Failure is something that we are going to do. Failure is something that is going to happen to us. I think part of being more mature and wiser is accepting the fact that the failure is going to happen and learning how to deal with it constructively. For me it became easier to deal with certain failures when I came to learn that the LORD my God loves me even when I fail. When I came to truly understand that I was loved and forgiven even when I fell short, I learned to better deal with my failures. This in turn lead me to better deal with other’s failures. The LORD forgiving me and loving me through my failures helped me to forgive and love others when they failed me. It is not an easy thing to forgive others or yourself after failure, but the work of the LORD our God in our lives will give us the strength and ability to show love and mercy in these times. Today, may we allow the LORD our God to be our portion and our strength, so that we can learn to forgive, love and show mercy to ourselves and to the people around us.