Losing

I recently went to the Houston Dynamo game. I am a big fan and go to all their home games. Since the construction of the new stadium back in 2012 we have not lost. The Dynamo have gone 39 games or so without losing a game. But like every team or individual, you must eventually lose. We lost this Sunday in a disappointing 0-1 game. I was devastated and frankly annoyed. Failing is a part of life. Losing in sports will happen, along with losing/failing at other things. A great common quote said by many: "Why do we fall, so that we can learn to pick ourselves back up" tells us that as humans we are not perfect, we are not God. We will fail again and again and again. But through these failures come learning opportunities. God created man so that he could fail. He gave us free will which lets us make decisions, and sometimes we will fail. God is not stupid, he is smart. He knew that by giving us free will and allowing us to fail would only make us stronger. Now this may not be the case for some people. Once you fail you cannot just give up. You must work even harder and learn from your past mistakes. An example from my life could be something simple like golf. I may make a terrible shot on one hole, but I will look over what I did wrong and try to fix that mistake. You may not always get it right on the second, even third try, but eventually you will. You should trust in God and believe that he will guide you closer to success. Their is a good bible verse that shows this: "Let not your heart be troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in me" (John 14:1)