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    For thought and meditation

    Rise, let us be going. MATTHEW 26:46
    In the Garden of Gethsemane, the disciples went to sleep when they should have stayed awake, and once they realized what they had done it produced despair. The sense of having done something irreversible tends to make us despair. We say, “Well, it’s all over and ruined now; what’s the point in trying anymore.” If we think this kind of despair is an exception, we are mistaken. It is a very ordinary human experience. Whenever we realize we have not taken advantage of a magnificent opportunity, we are apt to sink into despair. But Jesus comes and lovingly says to us, in essence, “Sleep on now. That opportunity is lost forever and you can’t change that. But get up, and let’s go on to the next thing.” In other words, let the past sleep, but let it sleep in the sweet embrace of Christ, and let us go on into the invincible future with Him.
    There will be experiences like this in each of our lives. We will have times of despair caused by real events in our lives, and we will be unable to lift ourselves out of them. The disciples, in this instance, had done a downright unthinkable thing— they had gone to sleep instead of watching with Jesus. But our Lord came to them taking the spiritual initiative against their despair and said, in effect, “Get up, and do the next thing.” If we are inspired by God, what is the next thing? It is to trust Him absolutely and to pray on the basis of His redemption.
    Never let the sense of past failure defeat your next step
    when the dust settles and the smoke clears all that matters is I hear the words " well done my good and faithfully servant "

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    Great points Ronnie.....God demands that we love Him and worship Him .... in return He gives us so much knowing that we are going to continue to stumble and fall in our relationship with Him. We are so lucky that God continues to love us.
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    Thank you Brother for this good lesson - and Amen to what is said
    Being human is not for sissies.

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    "Never let the sense of past failure defeat your next step"

    My personal "forever" battle. Thanks for this lesson Ronnie.
    Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

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    We can never let failure defeat us , learn and move forward . Thank you Ronnie for a good lesson this morning .
    No turning back , No turning back !

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    A great lesson, Amen.

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