We Fall Down and We Get Up
Matthew 14:22-36
Illustration
by J. Howard Olds

An Italian peasant bumped into a monk who lived in a monastery high on the hill. The peasant seized the opportunity to question the monk about their daily routines at this holy shrine. "What do you men of God do up there on the mountain so close to God?" she asked. The monk replied, "We fall down and we get up, we fall down and we get up, we fall down and we get up." Failure is not our ultimate enemy anymore than success is our ultimate goal.

 

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