30 Day Writing Challenge

Day Seventeen: A Quote You Try To Live By

Decades have passed since the days I occupied the pews of my home church, my legs clad in pantyhose and primly crossed at the ankles. But various Bible verses from those days are still inscribed into my head, much like the rural folk wisdom shared by my Mississippi-born Grandma. Out of all the books of the Biblical canon though it is the words found in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes which echo through my mind often. The quote that I try to live by is given in the former:

For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked shall fall into mischief-Proverbs 24:16 KJV

I’ve fallen several times in life and in myriad ways. But in spite of my stumbling, the desire to consistently ascend remains. Aware that it isn’t too late as long as I’m breathing, I march on.