"Do you keep making mistakes?"

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A teacher is talking with her preschool students about making mistakes. She tells them, “Boys and girls, we all make mistakes. The important thing is to ask for forgiveness. We ask God for forgiveness and we ask other people to forgive us, too.”

She goes on to talk about how even though we really try hard not to, we still make mistakes. And the conversation continues on for a few more minutes. Then she begins wrapping up her lesson with some questions. She says, “Do all of us make mistakes, boys and girls?”

“Yes,” the kids answer.

“Do we ever stop making mistakes?” she says.

“No,” scream the kids.

Then she says, “So do we keep making mistakes?”

“Yes!” shout the kids. Then one little girl pipes up and says, “It’s just life!”

And you know, it really is. Life includes making mistakes and asking for forgiveness because of those mistakes. So don’t worry about being perfect today. It’s not an option for you. Just do the best you can with God’s help. Ask for forgiveness when you need to. And listen to life and make a life, not just a living.

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