Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success.
The emotional people. . . You tap into people's hearts.
Everyone wants to connect with someone who people think is someone.
The blessing of influence is helping others succeed. It is lifting up Christ with your established platform.
There is no record in the Bible of a weak man falling.
Who influenced you? When did they influence you? How have they influenced you? What have you done with their influence?
If I don't let God deal with my bentness, I will go the way of my bentness. But Jesus can straighten me out.
Though few would admit it, most of the time, when people are upset they don't actually want to feel differently, they want agreement and ways to make a situation, condition, or person change.
I was always the class clown and got kicked out of class at least once a day for just being a goofball. Not suspended or anything, just sit outside and look at the tree on the bench. I got benched a lot. You keep one foot on the bench and try to get as far away as possible.
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can't you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you - unless you actually fail the test?
I always expected my work to be what was noticed, appreciated or what would eventually succeed, not my sexuality.