[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

So if you fail at being a good example is that a sin?

[mgist]

No, we all have our calling in life. We simply have to do our best. We have to PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, that we can be the best parent, brother, sister, teacher, family member, Christian, priest, nun, whatever servant of God, that He put us on earth for. If we fail, we repent, confess, and start again. God will always be there. We are the ones that deviate from our path or choose to ignore Him. The enemy will always try to decieve and distract us. We have to keep our eye on the ball, as they say. That is my very simple Catholic perspective.

[Mad Dawg]

So if you fail at being a good example is that a sin?

I prefer to think of it as excelling in the field of presenting a really bad example.

[mgist]

So if you fail at being a good example is that a sin?

Good works are a goal, we can only do our best. Only God can determine our hearts and circumstances. We all sin, which takes us away from God. We simply have to do our best, and be persistent.