That tricky little four letter word has sneaked its way into my daily vocabulary. I use it at least once daily. Usually I mean it in a light-hearted manner such as, “oh I didn’t get the crumpled ice cream sandwich wrapper in the trash..FAIL!” or “I spilled some of my coffee…EPIC FAIL!”. But could it be that by allowing this word to penetrate my vocabulary, it can have a larger impact? Now I look back on some days that were filled with lots of little ‘failures’, and suddenly I can see my whole day as a failure? Then several of those days in a month and suddenly my month is a failure? I think you can catch my drift.
Now am I making a mountain out of an ant hill? Maybe at this point, but things happen slowly. Consider Psalm 1:1,
“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.”
Notice the progression? Walk in the counsel of the wicked, Stand in the way of sinners, and Sit in the seat of mockers. First you’re simply walking, but before you know it, you’re sitting, planted. This is why I wish to remove this four letter word from my daily vocabulary, especially the light-hearted use of it. Because by calling these trivial misses failures, I am walking with a lie, and I surely don’t want to be caught sitting with a lie.
