“We learn, on the one hand, that we cannot trust ourselves even in our best moments, and, on the other, that we need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything less than perfection.” — CS Lewis
I learned many important life lessons playing pond hockey as a kid in Michigan. When you slip or fall, you need to jump back up to prevent the other team from having a man up advantage. If you miss an easy shot or easy pass, you learn to stay more focused and try harder next time. You need to be a team player…because you simply cannot skate by 5 guys and the goalie without some help. And no matter how bad your team is losing, there is always hope and you can never give up. God is not concerned so much with how perfect we skate or how many goals we put in the net, but how hard we try and how many times we get back up!
