"Success isn't determined by how many times you win,
but by how you play the week after you lose." (Pele)
Losing isn't easy. When a soccer team loses it is very
rare that they are okay with it; and, to a certain extent, they shouldn't be
okay with losing. However, winning and losing shouldn't be the measure of that
team's success.
When a team loses they have a choice. They can wallow in
that loss. They can think, "we are never going to win so why try?"
Or, they can use that lose to push them to be better. They can think,
"Yes, we had a setback but I'm going to get better and we will play better
next time." To me, as a coach, I would rather see my team lose games and
improve over the season than have them blow out teams and win all the time with
no improvement. Thus, why I introduced this quote by Pele to my team.
In life we don't play games where we have wins and
losses. We do have obstacles and setbacks though. Hard times are going to come
because that's life. Our success in life isn't determined by how many setbacks
we have but by how we deal with those setbacks.
James 1:2-4 says: "Count it all joy, my brothers,
when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your
faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that
you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." We choose what we
are going to do after we face a trial. We can decide to wallow in that trial
and let it rule our lives; or, we can choose to use that trial to make us
better. We can choose to lean on God through that trial.
So, what do you do when you face a trial? Are you
choosing to use trials to help you grow? Do you lean on God through trials?
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