CHAPLAIN, Leon Whitt
CAPITOL CHAPTER, FMCA
Chaplains Corner
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When you feel you are failing
We all have strengths and weaknesses. Our talents are not all the same. When you feel you have failed or do
not have the proper skills for the task at hand, reflect on some of the most accomplished people in modern
history, they also had shortcomings to overcome. 1 Corinthians 7:7 Each one has his own gift from God, one of
one kind and one of another. Hebrews 4:16 Jesus understands our struggles with suffering and temptation,
because he faced those things himself! So, if we ask, he will meet us with grace to help us in our time of testing.
You may not need this right now if things are going well in your life, but keep it ready when sorrow and pain enter
your life
Sir Winston Churchill flunked qualifying exams three consecutive years when trying to enter Sand Hurst military
institution. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during WWII. A noted statesman, orator and
strategist, led Britain to victory against the Axis powers. His speeches were a great inspiration to the embattled
Allied forces. A prolific author, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his historical writings.
Thomas Edison, whom most of us know as the inventor of the incandescent light bulb failed over 3,000 times
before accomplishing this feat. He was once at the bottom of his class. However, the light bulb was not his
greatest invention. Edison was the first to develop a method for transmitting electrical power in order to allow the
masses to enjoy and benefit from his light bulb.
Albert Einstein, German born theoretical physicist best known for his theories of relativity, mass-energy
equivalence, E = mc2,. Quantum Mechanics, and gravity, won the Nobel Prize in Physics yet he flunked math
and was called "mentally slow," by his teachers.
Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines revolutionized
transportation and American industry. He was a prolific inventor and was awarded 161 U.S. patents. He became
one of the richest and best-known people in the world, yet was written off by his teachers as "a student who
shows no promise." Each of us has special God-given gifts, but sometimes we speak disparagingly of our gifts,
viewing them as inferior to others' gifts. Using the gift(s) God has given you will open the door to new
opportunities. Doing the best you can with what you have been given is the key to achieving exciting new
spiritual levels in your life.
Thought for Today
We come to love, not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." It's all
about acceptance.
We all have strengths and weaknesses. Our talents are not all the same. When you feel you have failed or do
not have the proper skills for the task at hand, reflect on some of the most accomplished people in modern
history, they also had shortcomings to overcome. 1 Corinthians 7:7 Each one has his own gift from God, one of
one kind and one of another. Hebrews 4:16 Jesus understands our struggles with suffering and temptation,
because he faced those things himself! So, if we ask, he will meet us with grace to help us in our time of testing.
You may not need this right now if things are going well in your life, but keep it ready when sorrow and pain enter
your life
Sir Winston Churchill flunked qualifying exams three consecutive years when trying to enter Sand Hurst military
institution. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during WWII. A noted statesman, orator and
strategist, led Britain to victory against the Axis powers. His speeches were a great inspiration to the embattled
Allied forces. A prolific author, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his historical writings.
Thomas Edison, whom most of us know as the inventor of the incandescent light bulb failed over 3,000 times
before accomplishing this feat. He was once at the bottom of his class. However, the light bulb was not his
greatest invention. Edison was the first to develop a method for transmitting electrical power in order to allow the
masses to enjoy and benefit from his light bulb.
Albert Einstein, German born theoretical physicist best known for his theories of relativity, mass-energy
equivalence, E = mc2,. Quantum Mechanics, and gravity, won the Nobel Prize in Physics yet he flunked math
and was called "mentally slow," by his teachers.
Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines revolutionized
transportation and American industry. He was a prolific inventor and was awarded 161 U.S. patents. He became
one of the richest and best-known people in the world, yet was written off by his teachers as "a student who
shows no promise." Each of us has special God-given gifts, but sometimes we speak disparagingly of our gifts,
viewing them as inferior to others' gifts. Using the gift(s) God has given you will open the door to new
opportunities. Doing the best you can with what you have been given is the key to achieving exciting new
spiritual levels in your life.
Thought for Today
We come to love, not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." It's all
about acceptance.