FAILURE, HAS PROMPTED ME TO THANK THE LORD. BY PASTOR CLIFFORD SIBANDA
The Lord is great. He achieves the best even in our limitations. Hindsight has prompted me to thank the Lord for failure. I hate failing. But my sojourn with failure is long. I am even failing to recollect its beginning. The earliest I remember is in 1979 at Lower Gwelo primary school when I was in grade one. I was position 47 in a class of 48. The one who was number forty eight had not completed writing his tests. I could not even read the report. Others had to tell me the details of my deplorable report. Yet, it is from this failure that I really bonded with my mother. She would sit up with me till eleven at night helping me with my school work. At the age of seven years!! She taught me Bible stories which significantly contributed towards determining my choices in life. If I had not failed, I would have missed this valuable experience. I failed my