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I failed or let someone down

Failure hurts. Peter denied Jesus three times, and Jesus restored him. Your failure is not the end of your story.

What God's word says

16for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
Proverbs 24:16 (WEB)

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22It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. 23They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23 (WEB)

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15So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” 16He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” 17He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. 18Most certainly I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted to. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you don’t want to go.” 19Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. When he had said this, he said to him, “Follow me.”
John 21:15-19 (WEB)

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8Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.
Micah 7:8 (WEB)

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13Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:13-14 (WEB)

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Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible (WEB), public domain.

A prayer you can pray

Lord, I failed. I am sorry, and I am tired of beating myself up. Thank you that your mercies are new every morning. Help me to learn, make things right, and begin again. Amen.

A next step

Own it, make it right if you can, and take one small step forward today. Then forgive yourself the way God has forgiven you.

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