When We Fail, God Is Still Near

By Avril Lystra Kennedy

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"WHEN WE FAIL, GOD IS STILL NEAR offers reassurance and encouragement for the Bible-believing Christian going through a difficult time. . .The writing is clear but poetically vivid,with rhythmic forcefulness that, in places, positively begs to be read aloud."~IndieReader

• Language: English
• Publisher: Avril Lystra Kennedy
• Release date: Sep 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9780996659307

Avril Lystra Kennedy

Avril loves to encourage people to see God as Father, as Daddy God. Avril herself grew up without a father and this damaged her perception of God as Father. She loves sharing her testimony and revelations on how God brought her to a place where she knew and believed that she was His beloved daughter. She is a Brave Magazine author, and loves spending time on her blog Special People Big God and on her Facebook page.

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When We Fail, God Is Still Near

God’s love is bigger than our failures

by

Avril Lystra Kennedy

Copyright © 2015 Avril Lystra Kennedy

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Bible unless otherwise noted.

ISBN: 978-0-9966593-0-7

Dedication

To my loving husband Joe who is now in the loving arms of God.

We will meet again.

And to my Father, my daddy God, you mean everything to me.

Your constant love for me amazes me each day.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: When did life get so tough?

Chapter 2: Don’t Quit

Chapter 3: The Dark Valley

Chapter 4: The Upside of Failure

Chapter 5: Father God Loves to be Near You

Chapter 6: You are not a Failure

Chapter 7: Father God will Restore

Chapter 8: You are a Winner

Chapter 9: You are Special

Chapter 10: Conclusion

Chapter 1

When did life get so tough?

Life is rigid. You can start off on a smooth, clean path with a clear vision of your future, then find yourself stepping on a mountain of loose rocks, the pressures of life weighing heavily on your back, your mind foggy from exhaustion, your vision lost.

How did you reach the place where your resilience for life was at a record low? What was it that made your dream appear unattainable?

Those days when you’ve quieted your heart long enough to think, you remember your childhood and how eager you were to grow up.

You remember the big dreams you had for yourself. You knew exactly who you wanted to be when you grew up, and the only obstacle in your way was your age.

You craved the freedom of adulthood.

Most likely you enjoyed your childhood, but like most children, you never appreciated its limitations.

One problem you had to deal with daily was the dreaded bedtime. Bedtime was a reminder of your youth, the authority your parents had over you, your lack of freedom.

You often wondered who prescribed such a ridiculous rule. You wished you knew so you could give them a piece of your mind.

Nevertheless, when you heard the dreaded phrase, It’s time for bed, you frowned, debated why you should stay up a little longer, and maybe even indulged yourself in a brief tantrum on the living room floor, to no avail.

As you walked to your bedroom, defeated, you thought, I’m not sleepy . . . why do they get to stay up late? The answer was already at the forefront of your mind. It’s because they’re adults.

You smudged the tears on your face hard with the back of your small hands. You decided that you hated being a kid, and adults always had more fun.

You laid on your bed, pulled the sheet over your head to keep out the darkness and you thought what every child has thought: I can’t wait to grow up.

Children see the beauty of adulthood, but they don’t see the struggle that can control adults like puppets on a string throughout their lives.

You believed being an adult would be a breeze, full of fun and freedom; a sequence of games and fun activities to fulfill, much to your delight.

But then you grew up, left home, and settled in on your own. You quickly figured out that freedom failed to be as light and manageable as you pictured it would be.

You felt less motivated because your passion for life was decreasing. We can all benefit from staying motivated; it is a skill to have.

The one who can keep themselves motivated will always be ahead in life.

The go-getters, we call them. They always see the light in the darkness. They find a reason to fight, to have hope, to always manage to keep themselves focused on their goals and their dreams.

Worrying is not in their toolkit for success. When worry tries to influence their decisions, it cannot