<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Welcome to FLORE&#039;s Inspirational Corner]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://floreministries.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Welcome to Flore's Inspirational Corner]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://floreministries.wordpress.com/author/roseflore/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[This thing called &#8220;LIFE&#8221;- Oh well! When life knocks you down, the only place to go is&nbsp;up.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes we feel as if life has crushed us; taken the wind completely out of our sails. There is no possible way to sink any lower, because life has punted us down to the very bottom rung.</p>
<p>Here is what gives me hope today. His promise!</p>
<p>2 Corinthians 4:8-9, &#8220;We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.&#8221;</p>
<p>And the good news is that when life knocks you down, the only place to go is up.</p>
<p>Psalms 42:11 says, &#8220;Hope thou in God.&#8221; Sometimes this is the only place we have to turn. But it is always the right place&#8230;the best place. It is a place of saving grace, of overflowing joy, mercy that is renewed each day, healing that knows no bounds and love without limit.</p>
<p>It is a place where the broken are made whole again, where the captive is set free. It is a place of complete redemption.</p>
<p>Life is certainly not for the faint of heart. Getting knocked down doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;re out of the fight. Look around. Get your bearings. Cry out to God. And come back swingin&#8217;.</p>
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