TODAY’S JOURNAL A record of occurrences, experiences or observations. by R. D. Sandlin

              Knocked Down, Not Knocked Out                        Jan. 2, 2005

"Abram went down...Abram went up...[Abram] went on." The Christian life is not without its failures. For, as long as we are in this flesh, we will experience them from time to time, as our father Abraham did. The secret is being able to bounce back, so to speak. We are told in the New Testament we are to follow Abraham's example. If that be the case, when we go down, we are to come up and go on.

Throughout the Bible, we see this characteristic in the saints who endured. Jacob, Moses, David, Elijah, Peter, Paul— all illustrate that one can have a successful comeback after a severe set back. Complete recovery is always possible in a regenerated, repentant believer.