Rocky II

I wonder if I have to do six posts about Rocky Balboa? I saw the movie last night with my wife. It was a nice farewell tour to the movie. While I was never a huge Rocky fan I do like Stallone. There was one truth that hit home with me more than anything else about the movie.

Rocky if fictional, but I bet if we take the time to think about it we could think of some real life characters who resemble him. For me the best and most inspiring part of the movie was not the fight itself, it was what Balboa says to his son, "how hard of a hit can you take and keep moving forward?" (something like that).

No one lives a charmed life. Every one is going to take hits (just like in boxing or my favorite ultimate fighting) being good isn't about having the greatest technique or how good your overhand right hook is. It is more about your chin. No matter how athletic you are or how good your defense is someone is going to catch you at some point. Are you going to be able to take the hit? We have all probably taken some hits in life, maybe even our spiritual life. The questions is not what we have done or how bad did we mess up, the question is what are we going to do next.

Proverbs 24:16 says, "for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity."

The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (Pr 24:16). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.