"It was better this time around."
When my wife and I were running the young adults ministry at our church we tried a lot of things. Beach trips, dances and events were regular events for us. We have some stories of fights with flying rocks, socks filled with flour being whipped on people (not a good game idea), exhaustion and sunburns. And that list was just one trip!
Something happened that made us stand up and take notice. We did a dance and it flopped. We had one girl on the dance floor and about five people watching. We decided right then and there we would never do a dance again.
Years later we had a few interns that wanted to do a dance. We told them of our failure and how it wouldn't work. They persisted and told us they would own the flop if it failed. We reluctantly agreed with a caution to guard their hearts in case it didn't work out the way they thought it would.
We were surprised that the night of the dance there were roughly thirty people dancing and a bunch more hanging out, talking and enjoying the night. We had a realization that it was the right time for this idea.
For all of us we have had things we tried that failed or didn't have the success we thought it would. It may be that the timing was off. If you are open to a second try and not afraid of a second failure you may find success the second time around.
Have you seen success the second time around? What do you think made the difference?
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