Sometimes, We Need To Fail To Succeed

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April 17

"He is not here; he is risen. just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay." -Matthew 28:6

These are the words of the angel to the women who visited the tomb of Jesus on the first Easter.


 Happy Easter, dearest readers. Yes, it is Easter Sunday. I believe it is just right to think and reflect upon the real meaning of Easter.

 When we say Easter, normally what we think about is the Easter bunny and the colorful Easter Eggs. A few years ago, I wrote an article about these two symbols of Easter and how they are related to the resurrection of Christ. I wanted to rewrite that article here, but I thought of focusing on something else. Instead, I'd share with you the link to that article: What has The Bunny And Colored Egg Got To Do With Easter?

 For today, I will share with you another edition of my Reflection Sunday.


Sometimes, We Need To Fail To Succeed

Originally, I wanted to use the title, "Sometimes, we need to die, to live." to connect this post to the Resurrection Sunday directly... However, I'm afraid someone might get the wrong message. Especially those who skim through articles. :D

 Disclaimer

Before anything else, I would like to emphasize that I am not a preacher nor a Bible scholar. What I will share with you here is just a product of my own reflection and how I understood what I have read in the Bible and other articles related to this event.

 Jesus Fell Three Times

On the way to Calvary, Jesus fell three times while carrying a heavy cross. Then again, he got up three times. At one time, a man named Simon helped him.

 For me. this symbolizes that no matter how heavy our burden is, we must go on. We can fall down because of the burden that we are carrying, but we must not stop. When someone offers to help us, we must be humble enough to accept help from other people.

 Death and Failure

Perhaps everyone's biggest fear is the fear of death. Just as we are also afraid of failure. Personally, the fear of failure is my biggest hindrance to achieving my goals.

 For me, the death of Jesus Christ is a symbol of the biggest failure that we may encounter in our lives. The Romans, the Pharisees see it that Jesus failed in his attempt to start a rebellion against the Romans and their puppet government. Even his disciples, seem to have lost hope when they see Jesus suffer and died on that cross.

There can be a time in our lives that we feel helpless. Hopeless. We have reached the bottom and we see no way up.

 The Resurrection - Rising Again From Failure

 The way I see it, the resurrection is a message that all of us can rise up again from any failure. No matter how big is that failure. We don't die a physical death.

The resurrection is a symbol of hope to the faithful.

 The apostles seemed to have lost hope when Jesus died. They remained hidden until they heard what the women reported to them that Jesus was no longer in his tomb.

 No matter how big our failure is, we can rise again.

 In Closing

 Easter for me symbolizes a new beginning. A New Hope. (And I don't mean the Star Wars movie). We can rise again from any failure and proceed to attain our goals. Thus never fear failure. Learn from it and rise again.

 Live a prosperous life. Happy Easter!

 Thanks for reading.


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I believe in the saying that, in order to learn, you must be hurt first because it will teach you a lesson. It will be your teacher for life.

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this is a really good message, that even if we fail there's still a chance to get up. Failing doesn't mean you are a failure, you just have to help yourself to succeed with the help and guidance of our Good Lord 💖😇

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the resurrection indeed is our great hope !

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How Jesus didn't lose his hope in the midst of darkness inspires me too, that I shouldn't give up for I know that light soon will come. Happy Easter to you @JLoberiza

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Thanks and same to you, Sydney

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If we look at the man Jesus, we will see that he was not physically more special than most of us. On the contrary, the power with which he bore the sins of the world had to be considered from then on. Only the Lord's child could do that!

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Amen to that

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Salamat sa reminder.its indeed God is always giving us hope that there's a rainbow after the rain.

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Well this is the real meaning of Easter Sunday to let us know that there is a new hope that will come after a long dark times and failures.

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Failure teaches us the things to avoid when we are trying again. The pain of failure teaches us to appreciate success, no matter how little

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This is great reminder to us all. Indeed Jesus came to show us a lot of things and we should learn from that even in his death and resurrection.

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Thank you for sharing your reflection today. Yes, a lot of times we will fall down but Jesus set an example that we need to rise up and go on to achieve our purpose. On the other hand, Jesus resurrection is also a proof that there is life after death. He is giving us hope.

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Happy easter kuya! Padaan lang hehehe

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hehe Happy Easter

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