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What does Love see? An Ode to failure

Posted on August 1, 2018August 1, 2018 by Michael Rose

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single person contemplates it, bearing the image of a cathedral within. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery Ode to failure: a life that hasn’t turned out the way one had hoped. If we genuinely believe that nothing is wasted, that God is the ultimate…

Missing God in both Success and Failure

Posted on August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 by Michael Rose

Why is it that when I sense a leading from God and follow through, the results so profoundly determines my hindsight? If things fit together with ease and all goes well I am confident that I have indeed heard God. Alternately, if things blow up in my face, I am suddenly stricken with a rash…

Discovering Life through Failure

Posted on June 17, 2011November 1, 2018 by Michael Rose

The Take-Away: “It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique.It’s not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right, your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound reinvention. . . . Whether you fear it or not, disappointment will come. The…

When a Sparrow Falls – An Allegory of Failure & Hope

Posted on May 10, 2011August 31, 2016 by Michael Rose

Not even a sparrow, worth only half a penny, can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. Mt 10:29 Once upon a time a Momma bird hatched new baby sparrows. One sparrow was bigger and stronger than the other sparrows of the nest. With time, he grew faster, grew grander than his nest…

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What does Love see? An Ode to failure

Missing God in both Success and Failure

Discovering Life through Failure

When a Sparrow Falls – An Allegory of Failure & Hope

The Coals Ain't Cold

When the Cosmos Becomes Aware

You Were Never Outside

When Love Wears Evil Out

Loved Dust