We must be willing to accept responsibility for failure before we are able to accept responsibility for success. By taking responsibility for loss, we open ourselves to be tested again, purifying us from the previous failure. We accept responsibility for failure which enables us to accept responsibility for success. Often men don’t want to be put to the test again. But it is only by doing it again that they can become purified from a previous failure.

Many fine church people refuse to leave their pews to start a bus ministry or go street witnessing, minister in a nursing home, or teach a Sunday school class because they don’t want the responsibility for having their activities fail. It’s the same with those who won’t pursue an education, a job, the role of parenthood, and just about any true accomplishment in life.

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