Consider from how high one can fall.

The Fall of the reality TV star: On July 8, Apollo Nida, 35, the husband of the "Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Phaedra Parks faced sentencing in a Georgia court for charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire transfer. He was sentenced to eight years in prison with voluntary surrender at a later date. His wife was not present for sentencing. He plead guilty to the charges in May, admitting the pressures of keeping up an extravagant lifestyle to portray on "RHOA” led to him committing fraud.

The fall of a school teacher: Polk County Schools Supt. will recommend firing Matthew Tillesen, a 28-year-old Haines City High School geometry teacher, who is one of 16 people arrested on charges of either child pornography or traveling to have sex with a minor.

The fall of a church administrator: A former Poinciana church administrator was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for taking more than $68,000.00 from the church he was hired to manage.

The fall of the judge: A Polk County Judge was forced to retire for authorizing time cards for hours not worked by a particular employee.

The fall of a police officer: A Haines City policeman was dismissed for having sex on the hood of his patrol car in full uniform with a prostitute whom he had arrested.

To add insult to injury, I can only draw a comparison to a troubling tale a fellow church member recounted to me about a rejected, deceived friend. Disowned by her parents because of her desire to become a Christian, she was led to the Lord by her pastor who subsequently became her husband.

After 20 years of marriage, the husband callously informed her that he would be leaving to marry another young woman in the church whom God had told him would be more profitable to him in the ministry. Summarily, he abandoned his family without a second thought.

In case you missed it, there is a diabolical scheme and design at play here, hatched and conceived in the bowels of hell. Most of the above occupations are intended to nourish, protect or take care of your mind, your money, your body or your soul. However, these are agents of hell, planted in our midst in noble respected professions with the demonic purpose of garnering our trust, confidence and love. Radiant and shining on the outside, they are inwardly dark and deadly. Ravenous wolves in lamb’s clothing, they are in search of the next innocent, unsuspecting prey. The nefarious end of all of this is to make you think there is nowhere to turn, nobody to trust and to fill you with fear.

Insulated and isolated, this fear displaces faith and without faith it is impossible to please God.

So crippled and paralyzed with dread of everyone and everything, suspicious of even your own shadow you do nothing, never realizing your full potential in this life and losing heaven in the next. I hasten to remind you that no one enters heaven on a technicality based on tragedy, disappointment and worthless people in their lives.

I warn you again with one life to live, it is obscene to allow people and circumstances to disallow you from enjoying the ride and ending up in hell to boot.

Like Paul the Apostle you will encounter a Demas who will forsake you because of loving this present world.

You must confront and overcome the people mentioned in the following verse,” For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.So it is no surprise if his servants, also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds. " - 2 Cor. 11:13-15.

You must understand there will always be men whose god is their belly and will do or say anything and go anywhere to achieve their wicked selfish desires. Men or women whose evil intent, while in your company, is the advancement of their agenda at the expense of yours.

Sustaining each body blow, you dare not be knocked out of the game or written out of the script of life.

After each knockdown you must pick yourself up, brush yourself off and start over again.

Again and again you must accomplish the arduous trek from the barren desert of the wilderness where bitterness thrives and find yourself in the promised land of forgiveness –a place vital and essential for the existence and continuation of human interaction.

Yes! I agree it is hard and I do not understand what he or she has done to you.

Yes! It is easy to write about it than live it.

Nevertheless, what choice do you have?

You must do it because of the brevity of life and there are no second chances.

There is a Savior of light who loves you and promises to be with you through all the storms of life.

Each step you take in this fallen world may be full of risk and fraught with danger. But with each decision you must fill your heart with faith and let your soul overflow with resolve and determination.

Though error and betrayal may occur, you will always be 100 percent committed to survive it all.

V. Knowles is a husband and father with an interest in penning issues that serve to uplift mankind. He melds his love for Classic literature, The Bible and pop culture - as sordid as it may be - into highly relatable columns of truth, faith and justice. Hence the name: Just Thinking. If he's not buried in a book or penning his next column, you may find him pinned to his sectional watching a good old Country and Western flick.