I Have Fallen, Do I Have Hope?

"I'm a failure."

"I used to be the best, but now, I'm a nobody."

"No one appreciates me anymore."

"I wish I could turn back time."



Have you ever seen yourself in those kinds of situations? Have you ever told those lines to yourself?

No one is perfect. We all make mistakes.

The problem lies not on our fall but on not getting up again.

Proverbs 22:29 (NIV)
for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.



"seven times"... No, I have not fallen just seven times, I have fallen hundreds of times. As I was asking God what "seven times" mean, I came to realize it means seven days. Meaning, we may fall EVERYDAY yet we still have hope because we are righteous. Wait, am I really righteous?

2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV)

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.


Jesus traded his perfection for us to be righteous in God's sight. Our righteousness does not come from the good things we do but from what Jesus did on the cross.

The only hope I have whenever I fall is what Jesus did. I can still approach God and pray to Him. I can still be with fellow believers because they are the ones who can help me as well go back on the right track.

Easier said than done right? Yeah. Humans are judgmental by nature, and of course, we always think about what other people will think. And that's where the battle begins. Is your relationship with God more important than what other people will think of you?

At the end of the day, getting back up is a decision you have to make for yourself. No one can decide for you. But when you do decide to get back up, God is there willing to help you up. Your godly friends are there to help you up. The good thing about being at our worst is that there's no other way but up.

"Habang may buhay, may pag-asa."