[Q] stuck on twrp flash fails topic

hello everyone . First I want to thank you for helping me out. I havent flashed anything in over a year. The phone has been good to me . Ok I was running OpTimuSDE_v1.8 ZVA since last year Feb or so. yesterday I get up and notice that the phone is stuck on recovery TWRP 2.6.3.4. I havent the need to flash since last year and now this. I dont know what to do. Ive tried flashing my backup to no avail. there were some there this morning but now theyre gone. Before I go ahead and brick this i need to ask for some sort of assistance from those in the know. Is it possible to push a different rom and then flash that rom or do I need to update the recovery image then push the rom and then flash?? Any assistance would be awesome . Thank you ..