Mistakes and Failures

Everyone makes mistakes right? It's a natural way of life. We all have failures in our life. We all have regrets and things we want to redo.  We all mess up and do stupid things. We're human, it happens. I'm not being negative, just realistic. I'm going to mess up. I'm going to get mad, I'm going to make people mad. I'm going to get hurt, I'm going to hurt people. There are going to be awkward times, things are going to be uncomfortable. I can't be happy all the time, and I won't make people happy all the time. Things in the world aren't perfect, and people aren't perfect. Relationships are hard. Friendships take work. You can't just expect things to be good all the time. We all have our hard times. People don't always get along.
Just because I expect to fail, does not mean that I accept failure. When I fail, I strive to try harder. When I make mistakes, I learn from them and get stronger. When I mess up, I pick myself up and make things better. Our human nature wants to sin. We have to fight that nature to become more like Christ. But we sin. God is there to forgive us and love us no matter what. Even when we screw up. We just have to try and try and eventually it will get easier but sin won't go away. Life is hard. It's a struggle every day. It's only through God's grace and His power that we make it through every day.
I know I have to trust in Him and rely on Him for everything. But it's hard. I'm not the strongest Christian, I'm willing to admit. Letting God handle things is a hard thing for me to do. Prayer and trust is not my strong suit. So the closer I get to Him the better I'll be at handling my flaws. But until I try harder, I'm going to mess up. I need people to help. I need people that will point me in the right direction. People that will point me to God instead of to myself or to other people. I need friends that will stand by me and encourage me and get me on the right path. I don't want to focus my attention on people, but God puts people in your life for a reason. We as Christians have to help each other grow in Christ as a body. 
I don't like making people mad. I don't like losing friends. I don't like it when relationships go bad. But it will happen. It's something we have to deal with. We learn through this that God is the one true friend we have.