BQ: Some people want to say, "You can't save the world," or, "Well you can't be perfect, so don't kill yourself trying." I like a lesson that we get from reading about Peter on this subject. Peter told Jesus in Matthew 26:33, “Even though all may fall away because of You, I will never fall away.”
Peter did abandon Jesus, but that wasn't the end of the story. Likewise, we may fall short every now and then, but that doesn't mean that those blips define us. Like the frescoes of the Cistine Chapel are not defined by some of their blemishes, but are seen as extraordinary, we shouldn't define ourselves by our mistakes. And just as importantly, we need to keep the attitude that we will never fall away!
"For the entire Law is fulfilled in in this one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."—Gal 5:14