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We Fall Down
When I first heard Donnie McClurkin's song, "We Fall Down (But We Get
Up), I got goosebumps. The second time I heard it I loved it even more.
There is a Gospel House remix of the song that is simply off the hook.
The reason I felt that this song was so powerful is because the lyrics
are so right on time that it's ridiculous.
Just think about this for a moment:
We Fall Down.
How many times have you done something in your past that you weren't too
happy about?
It could be anything.
Let's say that you are an addicted person. You may be addicted to drugs,
or alcohol or the wrong type of man. Perhaps you are addicted to
stressful jobs that bring you little pay.
It doesn't matter what the circumstances may be. Hey, it doesn't even
have to be that harsh.
Perhaps you have tried to start your own business or create something in
your life where you could make a living doing something you are
passionate about and it failed, so you gave up. It doesn't really
matter. But every time you turn around, you are falling victim to the
same thing over and over again.
Hey, it happens--We Fall Down.
But the good thing about it is We Get Up.
Just because you fell down doesn't mean you have to STAY down.
Get up!
Why are you still sitting there?
We all make mistakes. But the great part about it is that God allows us
an opportunity to learn from our mistakes and move forward. Just because
you fall down today, doesn't mean that tomorrow you must remain down.
Ever slipped out in public and actually fell down? Jumped up real quick,
didn't you? The next thing you did was looked around and prayed that
nobody saw you. (Just a little side note to you--SOMEBODY always sees
you.)
Just as quickly as you bounced up from a "real" fall, you can bounce
back from a figurative fall.
One thing that I’ve noticed from speaking with a lot of people is that
they understand the We Fall Down part and, generally, when they do fall
down, they simply stay there or let their fall stop them from moving
forward. They have never learned the "BUT We Get Up" part.
No matter what the circumstances are in your life that might have
tripped you up, no matter what you have been through, no matter what
happened in your past, you can always GET UP and make changes, right
now, that will forever banish or make obsolete, the "bad" things that
caused you to fall in the past.
Don't get me wrong...I hear some very legitimate sounding "excuses" as
to why people "feel" that their life will forever be the way that it
presently may be. I hear things like "I was molested when I was young."
"My mother abandoned me when I was two years old and left me because she
was out chasing the pipe." "I have an addiction. How can I possibly get
a job that pays more than minimum wage." "I don't have an education. How
can I ever expect to get a good job?"
STOP Living In the Past! We all fall down. But remember, "A Saint is
just a sinner who fell down AND got up."
GET UP! Stop living in the past! Your past should be a reference point,
NOT a residence.
But so many of us continuously LIVE in the past. We went out and bought
a "WELCOME" mat and promptly placed it at the door of our past. We can't
break away from it. We wear it as some sort of badge of honor because we
simply won't let it go.
Just because you made a mistake or circumstances led you to do something
that you now regret, doesn't mean that for the rest of your life you
will have to beat yourself up because of it.
Doesn't matter if you made two mistakes or three. Heck, it doesn't even
matter if you made over a million mistakes in your life. What matters is
today, right now.
You know the mistakes that you've made because you have that mistake as
a reference point now and for the rest of your life. But you CAN change
your residence. Move out. Pack your bags and throw away that "Welcome"
mat-- because, right now, you make the decision to change. You have
decided that your life is worth fighting for. You realize that you are a
child of God and, therefore, worthy of all that is already yours by
divine right.
You weren't born for sorrow. You weren't born to be a doormat for others
to wipe their feet on. You weren't born to infect your body with
chemicals that take you outside of yourself. You weren't born to be used
up and then disregarded. You weren't born for any of that.
You were born to glorify God and live a happy and abundant life. And if
you aren't living that way, it's simply because at some point, you fell
down. But now is the time to get up and start living the life that you
were born to live. And that is a life of purpose. That's a life of
happiness and abundance.
Now, you ask, How do I get out of the past and Get Up? Well, I would
like to say, "it’s simple." But that wouldn't be the truth. There's
nothing "simple" about it. It's a daily process that you must work on.
You have to be committed to making changes in your life. You have to
believe that God has a purpose for you. You MUST have faith. You have to
change your mindset and the things that are presently in your life. In
other words, you will have to work on YOU.
You will have to realize that what happened yesterday, is gone. You can
never get that time back and, therefore, there is nothing you can do
about it. But right in front of you is another minute or another hour or
another day, week, month, year. Those things haven't happened yet, so
you can start to orchestrate your present so that your future will be
more to your liking.
Start by telling yourself, over and over and over and over again, "My
past has no bearing on who I am right this second. And, therefore, is
NOT important. I am here to glorify God. I am God's child and,
therefore, worthy of greatness."
If you take this simple phrase and say it to yourself all day long, over
and over again, you will soon start to notice changes in your life. All
of a sudden, without even thinking about it, you will start to pack your
old baggage from the past and move them to a closet that you will lock
and throw away the key. And when you get stronger in your faith, you
will find yourself selling the whole house and moving into a completely
different neighborhood--one that is completely different from the hood
you used to live in.
I know that when you were young you learned the song, "Ring around the
rosie, a pocket full of posie. Ashes. Ashes. We all fall down." Nobody
got up at the end of that song. Well, that was the old school way of
thinking. I like Donnie McClurkin's song better because his song leaves
you with a feeling of hope.
ACTION POINT: If you find yourself living in the past or letting past
experiences hold you back from bringing new and exciting things into
your life, STOP! Tell yourself, "My past has no bearing on who I am
right this second. And, therefore, is NOT important. I am here to
glorify God. I am God's child and, therefore, worthy of greatness." Say
this to yourself, over and over again. Try it. And always remember:
A Saint is just a sinner who fell down and got up!
Dawn Fields is a
motivational speaker, author and coach. She has an amazing way of reaching you
with her down-to-earth style and her ability to make the impossible seem
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