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Even Wilbur Wright, who proved Kelvin and Newcomb wrong, admitted that in 1901 he had said to his brother that “man would not fly for fifty years.” He was off by forty-eight. The number of respected scientists and accomplished inventors who declared the airplane an impossibility is exceeded only by the number who said the same thing about space travel, television sets, microwave ovens, nuclear power, heart transplants, and female senators.

Stumbling on Happiness, Daniel Gilbert, pg. 124

 

Peter fails… Jesus knew he wold fail. Jesus calls Peter out of his failure. Jesus goes so far as to set him in place to be a foundational pillar for the church. And lets not forget that Peter failed in an epic way. 

 

"Doubt. It's that nagging feeling that maybe this God thing is rip-off. Guess what- that's satan's favorite line"- Jesus Bible (NLT)

 

1954 Opening Day in Baseball the Milwaukee Braves vs. Cin. Reds -2 Rookies-Jim Green had 4 doubles.

The other was 0 for 4 but he was Hank Aaron. 

Failing isn’t falling – it’s staying down.

Thomas Edison- shows me a satisfied man and I’ll show you failure.

 

OVERCOMING ADVERSITY

The parable is told of an old dog that fell into a farmer’s well. After assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the dog but decided that neither the dog nor the well were worth the trouble of saving. Instead he planned to bury the old dog in the well and put him out of his misery. 

When the farmer began shoveling, initially the old dog was hysterical. But as the farmer continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back, a thought struck him. It dawned on the dog that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back he should shake it off and step up. This he did blow after blow. "Shake it off and step up, shake it off and step up, shake it off and step up!" he repeated to encourage himself. 

No matter how painful the blows or how distressing the situation seemed, the old dog fought panic and just kept shaking it off and stepping up! It was not long before the dog, battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over the wall of that well. What seemed as though it would bury him actually benefited him--all because of the way he handled his adversity. 

If we face our problems and respond to them positively, refusing to give in to panic, bitterness, or self-pity, the adversities that come along to bury us usually have within them the potential to bless us! Forgiveness, faith, prayer, praise, and hope are some of the biblical ways to shake it off and step up out of the wells in which we find ourselves. 

Failure - you shake it off. Numerous failure… you still shake them off.

What is the other option? Buried, suffocate, give up… death with out realizing your destiny? NEVER. SHAKE IT OFF.