They say a cat has 9 lives (lucky dog!)

One thing about life that I’m absolutely sure of is this… you’re going to fall flat on your face more than a few times.

That’s a given! No ifs, ands or buts – you’re going face-down to kiss the concrete with your lips, nose and forehead - and it will most likely happen more than once.

The Bible is all about Good News.

So, here’s the Good News – the righteous will be able to get back up and go again. That’s not to say they won’t feel like they’re free-falling into the abyss of self-pity, self-loathing and self-destruction. No, that’s not guaranteed! What the Word says is that a righteous man will get back up again… eventually!

So, here’s the tempered news – there’s no guarantee as to how long it will take to get back up again. Is it immediate? maybe. Could it take a few weeks? possibly. Years? entirely possible.

Let’s look at Job – my all-time favorite righteous man to get smacked down – and consider a worst-case scenario:

• You go from wealthy to broke almost overnight
• Your children are killed
• Your wife abandons you
• Your friends hang around just enough to make you feel worse
• You’ve done absolutely nothing wrong

Then – Job gets up again.

By the grace of God, you can too. Proverbs 24:16 is the official word on getting up again. The righteous can lean on this scripture when everything else is crumbling around you.

You will get up again.