There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in a different direction.

Challenges are not there to hurt us... only to help us learn and grow.

Both, are God's way of telling us something is not working in our lives and needs to be changed, so we can be happy. They also draw us nearer to him. He wants to help and I don't think we're smarter than He. We sometimes think we are, but after so many attempts, we realize we're not.

In our defiance, we tell God: "I'll do it MY way!"
Jesus says: "Okay. Have it your way."
It is then, we find out, God's way is the best way.