{"id":2786,"date":"2026-03-16T01:40:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T15:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2026-03-16T01:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T15:40:27","slug":"hit-the-dirt-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/hit-the-dirt-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"HIT THE DIRT &#8212; a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hit-the-dirt-optimized.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hit-the-dirt-optimized.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hit-the-dirt-optimized-557x696.png 557w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hit-the-dirt-optimized-768x960.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n<p>HIT THE DIRT    <\/p>\n<p>by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bill's Bible Basics Poetry and Songs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>11-24-2016<\/p>\n<p>There is no one-time victory,<br \/>\nIn the life of a child of God,<br \/>\nIf you think you&#8217;ve made it,<br \/>\nThe Lord may pull out His rod.<\/p>\n<p>Once you think you&#8217;ve arrived,<br \/>\nYou will let down your guard,<br \/>\nThe Devil will then attack you,<br \/>\nAnd you may go down very hard.<\/p>\n<p>Every day is a constant battle,<br \/>\nYou must remain so very alert,<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t dare get so darn cocky,<br \/>\nOr your face will hit the dirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#Poetry #Poem HIT THE DIRT by Bill Kochman https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry 11-24-2016 There is no one-time victory, In the life of a child of God, If you think you&#8217;ve made it, The Lord may pull out His rod. Once you think you&#8217;ve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/hit-the-dirt-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4772,3],"tags":[20,21,22,1642,139,135,134,30],"class_list":["post-2786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-poetry","tag-bill-kochman","tag-bills-bible-basics","tag-christian","tag-hit-the-dirt","tag-original","tag-poem","tag-poems","tag-poetry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2786"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38920,"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2786\/revisions\/38920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}