Opportunities

Last Sunday morning, I ate breakfast with my aunt, uncle, cousins, and parents. I wasn't near my home church. I wasn't near a comparable church. And I felt God was calling me to be with my family.

My uncle asked me to say a prayer. I thought he should do it since it was his house, so I hesitated, and my cousin took control and said a beautiful prayer. I spent the rest of breakfast internally debating whether or not I had made a mistake. Should I have said a prayer? Should I have went to the local church that my aunt, uncle, mom, and cousins are members? Was this morning a test from God that I was failing?

The truth is: I was and am failing. And I will continue to fail. I will miss opportunities. I will fall to the devil's temptation. But we have to remember that "the word of God is living and active" (Hebrews 4:12). We have to remember that by worshiping a living God, by studying and striving for truth, by trusting in Christ we can overcome our failure, and we can take advantage of our next opportunities and stop worrying about our past failures.