A POIGNANT AND MOVING SONG

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (I John 1:9)

You may remember that there was a Number 1 soft rock and Country song in 1997 called “Butterfly Kisses”. The song was done by Bob Carlisle. It was a HUGE hit that even got Bob Carlisle featured on the “Oprah” show, and in the entertainment world it doesn’t get much bigger than that. I guess the entertainment world would also consider Bob Carlisle a “One Hit Wonder” but I know better. Bob Carlisle is an evangelical Christian artist whose work is much better known in those much more narrow circles.

“Butterfly Kisses” is a good song, but Bob Carlisle has a far better song, first released in late 1997 entitled, “We Fall Down”. For those of us who struggle (and I do mean “US”) with our mistakes, sins, and failures, it contains a powerful message of God’s grace. Last night at our church, I preached on Romans chapter 7. That’s the chapter where the great Apostle Paul lets us in on the fact that he was very human and that at times he greatly struggled with his sins and failures. Toward the end of the sermon, I had the Bob Carlisle recording “We Fall Down” played, and then I had it played again at the very end of the service.

Are you feeling down on yourself or even hopeless today...thinking you’ll just never measure up? It’s worth the 4 minutes and 39 seconds to go to this site and watch “We Fall Down”:

http://www.yallwire.com/player/sonybmgbobcarlislewefalldown.html

Here are the words to “We Fall Down” and they’re very good, but when you hear the music and watch the video it’s much more powerful:


WE FALL DOWN by Bob Carlisle

Cursing every step of the Way, he bore a heavy load
To the market ten miles away, The journey took its toll
And every day he passed a Monastery's high cathedral Walls
And it made his life seem Meaningless and small

And he wondered how it would Be to live in such a place
To be warm, well fed and at Peace; to shut the world away

So when he saw a priest who Walked, for once, beyond the Iron gate
He said, Tell me of your life Inside the place...
And the priest replied...

We fall down, we get up
We fall down, we get up
We fall down, we get up
And the saints are just the Sinners
Who fall down and get up

Disappointment followed him Home; he'd hoped for so much More
But he saw himself in a light He had never seen before

Cause if the priest who fell Could find the Grace of God To be enough
Then there must be some hope For the rest of us
There must be some hope left For us

We fall down, we get up
We fall down, we get up
We fall down, we get up
And the saints are just the Sinners
Who fall down and get up

Again, please check out

http://www.yallwire.com/player/sonybmgbobcarlislewefalldown.html

and let me know what you think of it!