The Sign of Spiritual Progress and the Temptation of feeling defeated

Spiritual progress is not about never falling, but about quickly getting up after a fall, gaining humility and the experience of mercy. Remaining sad and defeated after a fall leads to losing much more. It's essential to define spiritual maturity as the ability to rise quickly after stumbling, rather than never stumbling. Satan's temptation is to get you to define yourself by your failure, while God defines you by His grace.