How much we wish we were perfect. We want to be the one who everybody else looks up to, that perfect Legionary, or perfect student, perfect mom, etc. Yet we know we aren’t. If you think I am, you’re sorely mistaken.
This year has been a little tough for me. I have fallen in a few things that I thought I had already beaten. Yet, the devil’s biggest plan is not that I fall but that I lack confidence. As I have read St Therese of Lisieux she points out that the biggest fall is to loose confidence. Despite all our sin, we can be saved if we maintain confidence.
Even beyond that, I think I’ve learned from my falls. The first lesson is humility. I want to be able to overcome everything on my own but I realize I need to trust in Jesus. I realized how easy I can fall and how merciful I need to be in confession. At the same time the specifics of certain falls teach me specific lessons. We should never aim to fall but when we do, we need to take advantage of it.
I remember an old hymn from my Protestant days that said “The saints are just the sinners who fall down and get up.” A lot of truth to that.
Thank you, this is very encouraging. The sooner we get up, the better we would be, the less time we allow satan to keep, trying to take us away from beloved Jesus.