When people fail in life, they tend to ignore their own foolishness.

When people fail in life, some blame God in heaven, conveniently ignoring their own foolishness...
..."God has sent this disaster upon me! 😡"
"What? I heard God is love... but this God does terrible things!"...
...Some people say.
..."There's no such thing as God in the first place."
"Well...it's just bad luck."
...Some people say.

However...even in situations that seem like disaster, I think it's important not to use God or luck as an excuse.
...And to carefully consider the cause of your failure.

It is said that Konosuke Matsushita, the president of a large company, would ask job applicants, "Are you lucky or unlucky?" and rejected those who answered "unlucky."
This is because when people fail, they don't want to believe it was due to their own lack of ability.
People who think "it's bad luck" are often the ones who try to gloss over things or blame others. Truly admirable people are those who honestly acknowledge their own foolishness and failures.
...There is a word, "gratitude."
When we look back on our lives, we realize that the "small joys" around us are actually "huge, huge joys."
...Happiness begins with finding gratitude in our everyday lives!
Shalom 😀

This page archives a Morning Word message shared by Pastor Peter Sunagawa on LINE. The English prose is a translation of the Japanese source message. For Scripture wording, use the BSB link above.