Failures

Yesterday I took a big test...didn't do so well. I still passed - but I could've done better. Oh well. It obviously was not the Lord's will for me to get a good grade...and I accept it - as hard as it is. It's hard as believers to accept our failures. We want to please the Lord so bad - and then we fail, and our heart is broken because we know we let the Lord down. I took this test, I didn't necessarily FAIL Him, but I could have done better. I don't think I did my best, and I feel bad. But the Lord forgives my sin and failures and I find that very assuring. That doesn't give us an excuse however to keep sinning and insincerely ask God's forgiveness each time. We still need to do our best in pleasing the Lord and having victory over sin as much as we can. That's what the Lord desires us to do.