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"What If?" (July/August 2010; posted July 6)
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  A righteous man may fall seven times and rise again.
   - Proverbs 24:16

  Come, and let us return to the Lord.
   - Hosea 6:1

What if I am just a failure? What if all I've seemed to do
Is travel on and leave in shambles what I've touched as I've passed through?

What if as a parent or a mate I've seemed to fail?
What if I've to crime resorted; what if I've been sent to jail?

What if I have lost a fortune-- foolish waste that cost it all?
What if every turn I've taken led me up against a wall?

How can ever in this life Jesus use someone like me?
How can Jesus use a failure? What good on earth could my life be?

Friend, Jesus shops for future leaders often in the failure store.
Often those He picks to cherish have tried and failed before.

From the rubbish heap of failure, Sovereign Holiness will choose
Men and women oft defeated, saying, "Here's one I can use."

So it was with Abraham, father of the world to be:
Childless still at ninety; then God's miracle his eyes could see.

So it was with Moses: "Lead My people out," his chore.
Not until he'd failed completely could God open up the door.

So it was with Joseph: Dad's beloved dreamer; fool!
Not till he was sold in slavery could he really be God's tool.

That's the message oft repeated from the Holy Spirit's pen;
God delights to turn life's failures into His successful men.

What if I am just a failure? What if all my marks are poor?
I may very well be just what God is looking for!

Dan Egli