People will fail you. God will not.
So, many many years ago a young couple got saved. They loved Jesus and tried to the best of their ability to serve Him. They saw him perform great and mighty miracles. HE called them. HE chose them. HE blessed them. HE used them. Tests and trails came and many failures -- and finally it seemed the earth cracked open and swallowed them whole... and "Great was the fall of the house." 30 years later two women stand side by side worshipping God together --- both redeemed from the pit both having made HIM their LORD and SAVIOR both desiring to give HIM DOMINION in their lives. God showed me that my cousin Jennifer was the "first" and that I was the "last" (grandchild, that is) - from the "great fallen legacy" (I was like, wait, no! there are two other later grandchildren, but God was like "No, you are the first and last from the living years of this legacy" and here we stood hearts raised in praise like TWO BOOKENDS...