Hope in Failure

This is a message my friend past to me. This is his sharing regarding Hope in Failure. It really touch me and remind me of my failure...and This also teach me to not looking to my failure, but stop doing thing that fails ourself and look to Him..Please read it.

"Failure. Everyone can relate to it. I failed a couple of time in my love story, i failed my papers, i failed to help people and see their needs, I failed some of my promises toward my friends and family. I failed to be a good son toward my parents and a lovely brother toward my elder brother. (Maafkan aku ibu... he2)
We all fail, and we all know how does it feel. We all had done it (some are still is), we all had met someone did it. Some people take it as an excuses for more failure; take it as a measure to stop themselve from getting further then they can become. Thus, some maybe success but it wont take long for them to fail again and again. Some people take their failure as an oppurtunity to see the greater things to come: they see hope!

Peter, whom Jesus call 'the Rock', did more damage than good for Him. Peter failed to stay awake when Jesus asked him to stayed with Him to pray on the very hour He needs them the most(Luke 22:45-46); Peter failed to live my the Word, instead by the sword when he try to stop the soldiers from arresting Jesus. (John 18:10-11). And the most failure moment in his life taught in Sunday School (I never been to Sunday school) was when he denied knowing Jesus 3 times...

Day past by, Jesus was dead and they never see Him again. So he said, 'I am going fishing.' (John 21:3) That's to say, 'I'm going to my previous work! I'm useless, this is who am I, I'm a fisher of fish not a fisher of men!'. But on that fishing boat, one of his fellow friend told him, he saw Jesus!
So Peter jumped and swim toward the Lord. Like he saying,'This is my last opportunity! I must not hold on to my failure!'. The moment he got to
the dry land, he saw 'charcoal fire' (John 21:9) Jesus was there smiling, but i bet Peter was not, charcoal fire remind him of his failure! It was by charcoal fire that night when he warmed himself (John 18:18) and denied knowing Jesus.

Don't stop reading please...

After finished breakfast, Jesus asked Peter 3 times, 'Do you love me?' (John 21:15-17) That question also reminded Peter when he said 3 times, 'I am not' (John 18:18) knowing Jesus. Suddenly all changed, instead of rebuking Peter's failure, Jesus said, 'Follow me... You follow me!' (John 21:19-22)

What had happen if Peter saw his failure as his stumbling block in his life? He maybe would end up hanging himself like Judas. But Peter instead of clinging to his failure, he saw an opportunity for forgiveness. Jesus provide Hope.

Instead of all this, Jesus keep remind us that we need to see our failure (when He prepare 'charcoal fire' for us) in a different perspective; that is to
see that He can change our failure into success. Jesus gives us Hope.

People can live 40 days without food,
4 days without water,
4 minutes without air,
but only 4 second without hope!"

Thanks for this friend who share with us about this failure and hope. And i post it here so that everyone may see and learn that Jesus is Hope...