St. Francis De Sales once wrote, “If you commit some fault, do not lose courage. Rise up immediately, as if you had not fallen.” That right there is the kid you want. The kid who, when he falls, gets up immediately and keeps running with no diminished enthusiasm, as if he’d never fallen at all. You don’t want a kid who overanalyzes when he falls, or who has a meltdown. You want a kid who gets back up and runs and loves it.
So here’s the key takeaway: if you sin, or I should say, when you sin, just get back up immediately. Ask God for forgiveness, and anyone else you need to, and resolve to confess your sin the next time you go. Then just resume the Christian life. Resume it with joy, with enthusiasm, with cheerfulness. Don’t let your own weakness, your falls, disturb you, or take away your delight and happiness. Get up and run like you haven’t even fallen. Don’t worry about it. You’re fine. Just get up and get back in the game.
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