Don’t let a stumble near the starting line keep you from reaching the finish line.
Giving up is easy but it won’t get you where you really want to be. Don’t give up but get up, again and again. Get up and get moving towards your goal no matter how many times you have to dust yourself off and start again.
The truth is that getting up again and again is the only real way to get anywhere of significance.
Safe to say I stumbled last year, and spent a fair amount of time beating myself and telling myself that was it, one fall is all anybody gets. But Proverbs 24:16 really challenged me in that…”for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity.” Whether a man falls or not does not make him “righteous”, but his response.
You are such an inspiration Pastor Tony. I love your honesty and your ability to openly share your ups and downs with us all. Thank you !