Getting back up

Pastor Zachary Elliott
Zachary Elliott, 2020
It was a beautiful morning. I was walking my dog, Bowie. The sun was rising, and a hot air balloon floated overhead. All was well in the world—until I jumped down from a rock, and my walking stick pierced a gopher hole, wedging itself between my legs, and my forward momentum sent me head-over-heels down the hill.Channeling my inner ninja, I turned the fall into a tuck and roll, then stood up as quickly as possible before the people in the hot air balloon could see me. Embarrassed, I continued my walk as if nothing had happened. Stop laughing! I could have died.Have you ever fallen? We all have. But the real question is, what do you do when you fall?When life knocks us down, we have two choices: stay down and feel sorry for ourselves or get back up and keep going. Which one do
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