Reflection and Discussion Ch7 Q3

            Jesus knew Peter would fail Him, yet He still saw beyond who Peter was to who he could become.  How does it make you feel to know the same is true in your life?  Write down an area where you are feeling like a failure or are afraid you might fail, and ask Jesus to help you confidently fail forward even if you have a setback.

I find tremendous comfort in the fact that Jesus knows who I could become and is patient while I go through the molding and struggles of reality and obstacles to become that person.  I do worry sometimes that I am going to make a wrong turn and move away from there, but so many promises remind me that He will continue the good work He started in me and is not willing to leave even one of His precious lambs behind. 

Parenting my children to know, love, respect and depend on God

Jesus, thank You that You are so willing to work on me; to mold me into what You know I can become.  Thank You that even when I see nothing but failure in the mirror, You see more.  And thank You for promising to finish the good work you have started in me.  Abba, my biggest fear is that I will fail to give my children a relationship with You.  All else I can offer is nothing if they don’t have that.  Lately, I’m not sure where they stand.  They seem to be struggling trying to find their way.  Their lives do not show You in the steps. They see themselves as good people by society’s standards and that’s enough.  They don’t seem to see or feel the importance of a real and living relationship with You.  They know You are there, but don’t live like You are their driving force.  I don’t know how to change that.  My relationship with You is so much a part of me.  I so often can’t find words to express it.  Help me to show them that.  Open their eyes to see.  Help me plant seeds that will grow.  Fertilize their hearts to get it now so they don’t have to go through the battles I did to find what I have.  And when I fail, as I so often do, help me to get back up and keep confidently walking in you.  Help me to fail forward and help them to do the same.  In Your name, Jesus, I pray, Amen.