What A Lesson!!

Every bursted bubble has a glory!
Each abysmal failure makes a point!
Every glowing path that goes astray,
Shows you how to find a better way.
So every time you stumble never grumble.
Next time you'll bumble even less!
For up from the ashes, up from the ashes,
Grow the roses of success!

For every big mistake you make be grateful!
That mistake you'll never make again!
Every shiny dream that fades and dies,
Generates the steam for two more tries!
There's magic in the wake of a fiasco!
It gives you that chance to second guess!
Then up from the ashes, up from the ashes
Grow the roses of success!

Disaster didn't stymie Louis Pasteur!
Edison took years to see the light!
Alexander Graham knew failure well;
He took a lot of knocks to ring that bell!
So when it gets distressing it's a blessing!
Onward and upward you must press!
Till up from the ashes, up from the ashes
Grow the roses of success.

This is simply an amazing song, despite the humor of the movie itself. For some reason, the reoccurring theme in my Bible study, TV shows I've watched, sermons I've listened to, and everyday circumstances, is suffering, and the reason why things go wrong. Not that I'm suffering, which is what worries me; I've been wondering if God is prepping me for something unforeseen. =)

But since it's not always the big things that go wrong, like the death of a family member, I've been watching for the little things. It's getting up early in the morning when I would seriously pay money just to sleep in. It's the fact that our country is deteriorating and it's up to us to fix the last generation's mistakes. It's tiny circumstances that go wrong when things would have gone so much better if it had happened another way. But God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are the called according to his purpose, and I know everything that happens is for my good. It sure keeps me from complaining when God lays that verse on my heart.