Comments on: Faithfulness, not success

By: 10 Lessons I Learned Starting My Family and My Business - Fallible Blogma

10 Lessons I Learned Starting My Family and My Business - Fallible Blogma — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:01:05 +0000

[...] #10: “God doesn’t ask that we succeed in everything, but that we are faithful.” – Mother [...]

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:58:42 +0000

Paul,

Is it possible to come together in untiy as Christians rather than judging one church or another? There is corruption everywhere – I don’t think the Protestants can be blamed for anything in particular.

By: 7 Steps to a Holier Life – by Mother Teresa | Fallible Blogma

7 Steps to a Holier Life – by Mother Teresa | Fallible Blogma — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:35:05 +0000

[...] six: Remember – it’s faithfulness, not success. “God doesn’t ask that we succeed in everything, but that we are faithful. However beautiful [...]

By: Quote: Be humble and never be disturbed | Fallible Blogma - A Catholic blog on Catholic issues

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:48:26 +0000

[...] is not only a great act of humility, but it’s also a great act of faith. God asks us to be faithful in all things, not necessarily successful. We can leave that part to [...]

By: Blaise Alleyne

Blaise Alleyne — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:11:01 +0000

Or, the way our society measures “success” is terribly flawed:
http://blaise.ca/blog/2008/11/06/success-love-and-self-worth/

By: Paul Nichols

Paul Nichols — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:02:23 +0000

You’ll notice that all those “health and wealth” salesmen (and women) are Protestants.

In my journey back to the Faith, I made my way through a protestant church. One particular aspect of the protestant “faith” or amalgamation thereof, is this belief that if THEY are committed to something, or if THEY believe in something, that God WANTS this for them.

If I succeed in my card business, does that mean that it’s what God wants be to be doing? Not necessarily. If a business fails, is it because God “wanted” it to fail, or because maybe you just weren’t a good enough Christian? Plenty of protestants believe that sort of thing.

But I suppose, if you’re not on the ARK, anything’s possible…

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:44:11 +0000

One of my favorite quotes from Mama T : )