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4158 Knocked Down But Not Knocked Out

Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

Release Date: 08/18/2026

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Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

Life has a way of catching you off guard. One minute you're standing tall, feeling like you've finally got your footing — and the next, something comes along and sweeps your feet right out from under you. Maybe it's a phone call you weren't expecting. A door that closed when you were sure it was about to open. A season that turned harder than anything you could have prepared for. And there you are. On the ground. Catching your breath. Wondering what just happened. Knocked down but not knocked out. A lot of us have been there more times than we'd like to admit. And if you're one who has that...

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"I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want." ~  Philippians 4:12 Contentment didn't land in Paul's lap like some spiritual gift he unwrapped one morning. It was forged and tested, including shipwrecks, beatings, imprisonment, and hunger. He was refined through every season that could have, and maybe should have, shaken him loose from his faith. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . ...

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When was the last time you actually celebrated your spouse? Not on their birthday or your anniversary. Not some calendar-mandated holiday where Hallmark reminds you it's time to show up. This is a random, ordinary, nothing-special kind of day, when you look at the person doing life beside you and say, "I see you. And I'm grateful." Celebrate your spouse! Now, if you had to think about it, you're not alone. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #RelationshipBuilders #CreateYourNow #LoveAndMarriage We love our spouses. Deeply. But a lot of times,...

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There is something about the start of a new school year that carries both excitement and weight. The backpacks are packed, the outfits are picked out, and the alarm is set for a time no one in the house has seen in weeks. But before the bus pulls up, before the shoes are tied and the lunches are grabbed, there is a window of time that belongs to you and your family. And what you do with it matters more than you might think. It's before the bell rings. It's that morning window, the window that doesn't just happen. It is built. And if you are a parent staring down the start of a new school year,...

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I know you're tired. I know that thing you've been carrying — that weight you keep picking up every single morning, even though nobody would blame you for setting it down — I know it's heavy. And I know you've told yourself more than once that you're not sure you have another round in you. But here's what I also know: you have one more in you! You're still here. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #Inspiration #CreateYourNow #DailyMotivation You're still listening to this. You're still showing up. You're still breathing and fighting and...

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Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

There's a moment — and if you're honest, you know exactly the one I'm talking about — where you catch your reflection and the first thing that crosses your mind isn't kind. It's not always about what you look like physically, although sometimes it is. More often, it's deeper than that. It's the look in your own eyes that says, I thought I'd be further along by now. It's the quiet measuring of the woman in the mirror that happens when you compare who you are today against who you imagined you'd be at this point. And just like that, the woman staring back at you becomes not enough....

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Why is it that we can pour ourselves into everyone else's schedule, everyone else's crisis, everyone else's to-do list, but when it comes to our own day, we just… wing it? We wake up, already behind before our feet hit the floor, and we spend the next twelve or sixteen hours reacting. Putting out fires. Managing the chaos. Surviving until we can collapse back into bed and do it all over again tomorrow. And somewhere in the middle of all that surviving, we forget the most important thing. Our own day. The one God gave us. The one we will never, ever get back. So design your day! Psalm...

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Have you ever made a decision, felt good about it for a moment, and then spent the next three days replaying it in your mind like a movie you can't turn off? You made the call. You weighed your options. You moved. And then — almost out of nowhere — the doubt crept in. Did I really think that through? What if I'm wrong? Maybe I should have waited. Stop going back! When we make a decision and clarity stalls, something uncomfortable starts to bubble up. It's the fear of being stuck. Not stuck because the decision was wrong, but stuck because we won't let go of it long enough to see where...

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When you feel like all you're doing is running away from or toward all the things, it's hard to find joy and peace in life. You can get down and out about your circumstances, and all hope feels lost. But as Paul says in Romans 15:13, "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Have you ever had one of those seasons where it feels like you're just running? Running toward the next thing on your list. Running away from the thing you don't want to face. Running in circles because you're not even sure...

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Life has a way of catching you off guard. One minute you're standing tall, feeling like you've finally got your footing — and the next, something comes along and sweeps your feet right out from under you. Maybe it's a phone call you weren't expecting. A door that closed when you were sure it was about to open. A season that turned harder than anything you could have prepared for. And there you are. On the ground. Catching your breath. Wondering what just happened. Knocked down but not knocked out.

A lot of us have been there more times than we'd like to admit. And if you're one who has that familiar ache in your chest, you are not done.

Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https://createyournow.com

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Knocked down? Maybe. But knocked out? Not even close.

Often when we're flat on our backs staring at the ceiling — we forget that we were never promised a life without struggle.

Jesus Himself said in John 16:33, "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

He said you will. That means the hard stuff isn't a sign that something has gone wrong with your story. It's just part of the story. And the Author of that story is still writing.

What I've learned — and what I'm still learning, if I'm being real — is that the moments that knock us down have a way of revealing what we're actually standing on.

When everything around you shifts, when the circumstances you thought were stable suddenly aren't, you find out pretty quickly whether your foundation is built on things that can be shaken or on something that holds.

If your foundation is rooted in Christ, it holds. Every single time.

The K.I.S.S. ~ Knocked down but not knocked out!

Now, I'm not going to sit here and tell you that getting back up is easy. It's not. Sometimes getting back up looks like dragging yourself out of bed and choosing to show up for the day even when every part of you wants to stay under the covers. Sometimes it looks like whispering a prayer through tears because that's all the strength you have. Sometimes it's just putting one foot in front of the other and trusting that God sees the step even when you can't see the staircase.

But here's what I want you to notice — in every one of those moments, you're still moving. You're still choosing. And that matters more than you know.

Because you can't control what happens around you. You can't control what other people do, what falls apart, what shifts without warning. But you can control how you respond. You can choose whether the thing that knocked you down gets to define you — or refine you.

2 Corinthians 4:8–9 puts it so beautifully — "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed."

There's a "but not" that follows every blow. And that "but not" is the grace of God holding you steady when your own strength has run out.

So if today finds you on the ground, let me ask you this — what if this isn't the end of your story but the turning point?

What if the very thing that knocked you down is the one thing that teaches you just how strong your God really is?

What if getting back up — even slowly, even imperfectly — is exactly the kind of faith that moves mountains?

You don't have to have it all together. You don't have to bounce back perfectly or pretend the hit didn't hurt. You just have to get back up. One breath. One prayer. One decision. 

"One step at a time leads to miles of greatness!" ~ Kristianne Wargo

Because the woman who keeps getting back up? She's not the woman who never falls. She's the woman who knows Who's reaching down to pull her to her feet.

So rise, my sweet friend. Dust yourself off. Steady your heart. And take the next step — even if it's shaky, even if it's small.

You're not knocked out. You're being shaped. And everything ahead of you is still waiting for the woman you're becoming.

"Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"

 

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Music by Mandisa - Overcomer

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Song ID: 68209
Song Title: Overcomer
Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia
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