Glorifying God Through Our Failure and Weaknesses

(I should've put a picture of me throwing a fit on here but we don't take those kind of pictures!);) This really floored me because I always have the mindset that things should be close to perfect for our family to be able to minister to someone else or for others to be drawn to Christ. I guess I should know that God has used us to minister to others through our failures because He has. It actually gives you a heart to reach out to others going through similar issues. But, I forget and I get frustrated about weaknesses that come out thinking God can't use us or me. I need to remember this is not true. In her book, "Give Them Grace" by Elyse Fitzpatrick and Jessica Thompson she was talking about God being sovereign and in control over all there is, "overruling for his glory according to his will." She said, "As his children we long to make his glory known by our faithful obedience. That is a good desire, but a strong, successful family may not be the way he has chosen for us to glorify him. Perhaps his goal is that we glorify him by demonstrating weakness and even failure." She went on talking about how most parenting books will tell you how to be "a successful parent of successful, seemingly sinless children." Then she said, "But what if we're measuring success in the wrong way? Could it be that our perception of success isn't God's plan for us or for our family? What if he's going to use our failure and our children's rebellion to make us humble comforters of other sufferers for his glory? What if he has called us to Jeremiah's ministry rather than to Daniel's? Is there room in your parenting paradigm for weakness and failure if weakness and failure glorify God?" She said though it is our prayer that our children would glorify Him through genuine obedience and faith and it will break our hearts if they don't, the chief end of our parenting is not our own glorification as wonderful parents but to glorify God and enjoy Him forever~ whatever that may mean.