Many Fails lead to doubt.

The last day I have had some pretty epic fails. Simple screw ups that had a huge result. Let's review these glorious mistakes, now hilarious, that didn't go so well.

Mistake 1) I opened the wrong end of the Cayenne Pepper that was added to the spaghetti sauce. 

Result 1) Extremely lasting spicy tingling on the tongue after eating dinner. Lots of tums.

Mistake 2) Tossing a box on the floor after it attacked my face.

Result 2) A bottle of Stetson cologne busting on my husbands pants.

Mistake 3) Throwing those pants in the laundry.

Result 3) All my clothes smell like Stetson.

Mistake 4) Shoving my zipper in my wallet to far.

Result 4) Cutting my wallet to open it in the line at the store.

Simple mistakes that could have been prevented if I had been paying attention. With all the fails/mistakes, my brain has been on overdrive. Basically telling me that I have been making so many mistakes that everything I'm doing is a mess up.

Recently my husband and I made some decisions that were pretty serious. We made some leaps and bounds in our own faith and made a choice that will forever change our life. I have this tendency to be "over helpful" when I start new things. Almost to the point of pushy. My husband helped me realize this yesterday while we were driving. Not being a negative observation but a chance for me to look at my reaction to new opportunities. 

Today the 'happy high' of making this decision wore off and reality set it. Then the doubt hit. I've failed at things my whole life. I even told my husband that I never felt like I ever finished anything. He assured me that I did. I do finish things that I start. I just second guess myself a lot. I spend a lot of time in doubt when I'm on the verge of something good.

God's word tells us not to doubt. We should have faith in what God is directing us to do. We have to be able to trust that He knows exactly what He is doing. Because, let's be honest, He does. My doubts are because I know that we are doing something God is calling us to do. Satan is pretty upset with us for that. I know we're doing the right thing.

How many times in your own life do you start doubting because of your past mistakes? How many times do you think that you are just going to fail because you have failed before? Just because you make mistakes once doesn't mean that you have doubt your ability. Satan wants you to give up more than he wants you to fail. When you give up you don't learn. You don't possibly experience a lesson that you completely needed to be pushed into your destiny. Failure isn't a bad thing!!! Giving up is. Don't allow doubt to control your decisions. Don't allow doubt control your destiny. Don't allow one mistake completely ruin your thought process!!