New life in darkness, success in failure

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By Derick Cranston

Derick Cranston

Failure. It’s a part of the human drama we call life. At one time or another all of us have experienced the sting of failure. We experience small failures and big failures. We fail to meet the expectations we set for ourselves and that others set for us. We fail at our marriages and we fail at our jobs. Sometimes we even fail our children. Failure can bury us in a dark place. But just as the seed dies and brings new life buried in dark soil, so too can new life emerge from our failures.

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