Learn from a failure

Failure can be a dangerous dream-buster.
In 1959, there was an American Air Force major who was admitted to a mental hospital.
He was a chronic alcoholic + his marriage had broken up years earlier.
He had attempted suicide twice.
He was already arrested for robbery + forgery.

However, only 14 years earlier, he was one of the smartest, brightest rising stars in the US Air Force.
What happened?
Well, 14 years earlier in 1945, he was the one who dropped the 1st atomic bomb at Hiroshima.

The feeling of being responsible for the death of 1,000's of Japanese plunged him into guilt, failure + depression.

Friends, failure is never final + failure is never fatal.
A champion is not someone who never falls ... a champion is someone who never quits!
Just because you failed once doesn’t mean you must give up on your dreams!

Maybe some of you have gotten all excited about a dream, a relationship, a business.
You went after it + fell flat on your face ... you bombed out!
So what do you do? Try a new approach ... go correct the problem!

The Bible teaches us to always build on our hopes ... not on our hurts.
Your disappointment can become your new appointment.
Your tombstone can become your new stepping stone.
Your stumbling block can become your new starting block.

You build your dreams on the future, not on the past.
The past is over, you can’t change that.

Some of you had a dream for a happy marriage and it failed.
Don’t say, “I’ll never be happy again!” Build on your hopes ... not on your hurts.